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'HISTORY OF THE GREAT WAR BASED ON OFFICIAL DOCUMENTS. THE CAMPAIGN IN MESOPOTAMIA 1914-1918. VOLUME IV.' [181r] (366/540)
The record is made up of 1 volume (266 folios). It was created in 1927. It was written in English. The original is part of the British Library: India Office The department of the British Government to which the Government of India reported between 1858 and 1947. The successor to the Court of Directors. Records and Private Papers Documents collected in a private capacity. .
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17th DIVISION PROGRESS 305
sea r c ^ the heights on either side of the road, a lengthy
and difficult operation in the dark. Owing to this and to the
number of deep ravines which could generally only be crossed
with difficulty, progress was slow. At 7.15 a.m., when about
!u Ve ?i^i eS T fr r 0m the enem y’ s position, General Wauchope sent
the ll^th Infantry and the 25th Mountain Battery to move
along the crest of the Jabal Khanuqa with a view to attacking
the enemy's left* It had originally been General Wauchope’s
intention to halt the remainder of his column for an hour at
this stage to give the Mahrattas time to get abreast. But, as
the information that General Cassels was being heavily attacked
made it important to lose no time, the main column, headed by
one squadron 32nd Lancers and the 2nd Royal West Kent
Regiment, continued its advance at once.
By 8 a.m. the 32nd Lancers had gained touch with the
enemy and an airman had reported that some 2,000 Turkish
infantry were holding the trenches to the south of Sharqat.
At this hour General Leslie joined General Wauchope and,
assuming direct command, issued orders that the column was
to push on but that its infantry were not to be committed to
the attack without adequate artillery support.f
At Balalij Colonel Coningham, who had been out of touch
with Divisional headquarters since the previous day, did not
receive his orders to advance till 8.25 a.m. At 9 a.m., as he was
starting, communication (by heliograph) was re-established and
he was told to co-operate on General Wauchope’s left flank.
With Colonel Coningham were two troops 32nd Lancers, head
quarters lOlst Heavy Artillery Brigade with one section each
of the 157th and 246th Batteries, the l/lOth Gurkhas and two
sections 257th Machine Gun Company. The 45th Sikhs with
three sections 258th Machine Gun Company were on the march
from Ain Dibs and passed through Balalij at ll a.m. on their
way to join Colonel Coningham.
The difficult nature of the ground continued to delay the
progress of General Wauchope’s column. Even the infantry
and pack animals experienced difficulty in crossing many of the
numerous deep dry watercourses, and the field artillery only
managed to get along with very great difficulty. In the mean
time the 32nd Lancers, reconnoitring well and boldly, furnished
most accurate reports of the enemy’s position and strength,
a l so k a< ^ orders to get into communication with the 18th Division
on the Tigris left bank.
t The field artillery was even then, apparentlv, some way behind the
infantry, owing to the bad road.
(19465)
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The volume is the fourth volume of an official government publication compiled at the request of the Government of India, and under the direction of the Historical Section of the Committee of Imperial Defence, by Brigadier-General Frederick James Moberly. The volume was printed and published at His Majesty's Stationery Office, London.
The contents provide a narrative of the operations of 1914-1918 in Mesopotamia, based mainly on official documents.
The volume is in one part, entitled, 'Part V. The Campaign in Upper Mesopotamia, 1917-1918 - North-West Persia and the Caspian, 1918', and consists of the following ten chapters:
- May, June and July 1917
- August and September 1917: The Capture of Ramadi
- October to December 1917 - Occupation of the Jabal Hamrin, Action of Tikrit and Death of General Maude
- January to March 1918: Dunsterville's Mission and the Action of Khan Baghdadi
- April and May 1918: Operations in Kurdistan and Arrangements to Counter the Turco-German Threat beyond our Northern Flank
- British Plans to Stop the Enemy's Advance into Persia and to Obtain Control of the Caspian
- The Fall of Baku
- British Advance up the Tigris: Actions of Fat-Ha Gorge and on the Little Zab
- The Battle of Sharqat and the Armistice
- Conclusion
The volume also includes fourteen maps, entitled:
- The Middle East
- Mesopotamia
- Map 34 - Operations near Ramadi: July and September 1917
- Map 35 - Operations in the Jabal Hamrin: October and December 1917
- Map 36 - Actions at Daur and Tikrit: 2nd and 5th November 1917
- Map 37 - Operations on the Euphrates line: March 1918
- Map 38 - Action of Khan Baghdadi: 26th March 1918
- Map 39 - Operations in the Kifri-Kirkuk area: April and May 1918
- Map 40 - The Cavalry affair of the 27th April 1918, and the action of Tuz Khurmatli, 29th April 1918
- Map 41 - Operations of "Dunsterforce", 1918
- Map 42 - Operations at Baku, August-September 1918
- Map 43 - Operations on the Tigris: 18th-30th October 1918
- Map 44 - Action by 7th Cavalry Brigade near Hadraniya: 29th October 1918
- Map 45 - Battle of Sharqat, 29th October 1918
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- 1 volume (266 folios)
- Arrangement
The volume contains a preface (folios 5-6), a chronological summary of the campaign in Mesopotamia (folios 7-8), a list of contents (folios 8-11), a list of maps and illustrations (folios 11-12), appendices (folios 197-232), an index (folios 233-254), and twelve maps in a pocket attached to the inside back cover (folios 256-267).
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Foliation: the foliation sequence (used for referencing) commences at the inside front cover with 1, and terminates at the inside back cover with 268; these numbers are written in pencil, are circled, and are located in the top right corner of the recto The front of a sheet of paper or leaf, often abbreviated to 'r'. side of each folio. Pagination: the file also contains an original printed pagination sequence.
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- front, back, spine, edge, head, tail, front-i, 2r:2v, 4r:186v, 188r:255v, back-i
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