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'HISTORY OF THE GREAT WAR BASED ON OFFICIAL DOCUMENTS. THE CAMPAIGN IN MESOPOTAMIA 1914-1918. VOLUME IV.' [183v] (371/540)
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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310 HISTORY OF THE WAR : MESOPOTAMIA
to the right bank and by 5.30 a.m. all the cavalry horses were
saddled up and ready to move. It seemed probable to General
Cassels, as he stated in a situation report to Corps Headquarters
at 6 a.m., that some of the Turks had already escaped to the
north, passing west of his line, and that more of them might
be following from the Sharqat direction with the 17th Division
on their heels. He had consequently instructed General
Norton to move northward and northwestward with the
object of rounding up any Turks who had passed and of inter
cepting any wiio might follow.
Before dawn the main body of the 7th Cavalry Brigade
had moved into a covered position under the river bank near
the ford ; and “ V ” Battery, R.H.A., and the 13th Hussars’
squadron on the left bank were ordered to cross the ford as
soon as there was sufficient light. The moment the squadron
began to cross, however, two Turkish guns about 3,000 yards
away to the northwest shelled the ford heavily and, though
the squadron managed to get through without casualties, it
was considered advisable for “ V ” Battery to wait till the
hostile fire had been subdued. The battery came into action
on the left bank about 7 a.m. and soon caused the enemy
guns to withdraw. In the meantime, one squadron 13th
Lancers, which had been ordered to push up the Mosul
road at dawn, had also encountered shell and machine
gun fire and had taken up a position on a detached under
feature which was known as Cemetery Hill (see Map 44).
Here it remained under fire from commanding heights to
the north.
At 7 a.m. the two leading companies l/39th Gahrwalis arrived
at General Cassels’ position and the officer commanding, who
reported that the remainder of the battalion was following
shortly, received orders to relieve the 23rd and Guides Cavalry
as soon as possible, to enable those regiments to join the
7th Hussars in reserve.
To the south of Sharqat the progress of the 17th Division
advanced guard (No. 2 Mountain Artillery Brigade, 51st Infan
try Brigade and three sections 258th Machine Gun Company),
wffiich had left its bivouac at 1.45 a.m., had been slow. The
ground was broken and difficult and in the dim moonlight
considerable difficulty was experienced in keeping to the ill-
defined road. At dawn a squadron 32nd Lancers pushed
forward to join the advanced guard and the main body of the
Division also started from its bivouac. About an hour later,
when about three miles north of Sharqat, the Lancers gained
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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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