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'Critical Study of the Campaign in Mesopotamia up to April 1917: Part I - Report' [102v] (209/424)
The record is made up of 1 volume (208 folios). It was created in 1925. 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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- f 5. Orders for attack.
(a) Tlie VII Division will move off at 0630 in echelon of brigades
from the left from its position of assembly in a direction due
west and envelop the enemy's left flank by a wide turning
movement.
(b) The Cavalry Brigade will co-operate with VII Division on its outer
(northern flank).
(c) The 28th Brigade will hold the enemy to his trenches • on the
southern flank of his position.
(d) The Corps Artillery will bombard the enemy's position under the
orders of the B. Gr. R. A. and co-operate in the general
attack. Two 5" Howitzer Batteries will at first be placed
at disposal of General Kemball.
(e) The right bank Column will act as a left flank guard on the right
bank and protect the gunboats while in action.
(/) The gunboats with mine sweepers ahead, under the orders of the
S. N. 0. will pass through the cut in the bridge at 0630
and co-operate in the general attack.
(</) The 9th Brigade will remain in reserve in its present camp
ready to move at short notice.
(h) No. 13 Company Sappers and Miners will prepare bridgeheads on
both banks of river for protection of bridge, which will be
occupied by 100 rifles of the Provisional Battalion on right
bank and by the Company S. and M. themselves on the left
bank.
Only first line transport and sections Field Ambulance will accom
pany fighting troops. All 2nd line transport will be ready to move when
required and should be parked in their respective camps by 1200
to-morrow.
7. All troops will carry 2 days cooked rations on their persons, and
one extra day will be ready in . 2nd line transport.
8. As the water in the
Wadi
A seasonal or intermittent watercourse, or the valley in which it flows.
is reported to be salt, arrangements
are being made to send mussacks out to the VII Division for to-morrow
-evening if necessary.
9. Reports to u Medjidieh."
(Signed) W. E. Wilson Jhonston, Major,
General Staff.
Issued at 1845 by Signal Service.
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The volume is Critical Study of the Campaign in Mesopotamia up to April 1917. Compiled by officers of the Staff College, Quetta, October-November 1923. Part I - Report (Calcutta: Government of India Press, 1925). The volume is published by the General Staff Army Headquarters, India.
The volume is divided into twenty-five chapters, which cover the whole campaign in detail from December 1914 to April 1917, including the origins of the campaign; the British advance on Baghdad-Ctesiphon; operations at Kut [Al-Kūt]; the capture of Baghdad; and general reflections on the campaign.
The volume includes nineteen photographic illustrations.
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- 1 volume (208 folios)
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There is a table of contents on folio 4. The volume also contains a list of illustrations (f 6) and list of maps and sketches that appear in Part II [IOR/L/MIL/17/15/72/2] (f 5). There is an index to the volume between ff 205-208.
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Foliation: the foliation sequence commences at 1 on the front cover and terminates at 210 on the inside back cover. The numbers are written in pencil, are enclosed in a circle, and appear in the top right hand corner of the recto The front of a sheet of paper or leaf, often abbreviated to 'r'. page of each folio. This is the sequence used to determine the order of pages.
Pagination: there is also an original printed pagination sequence numbered 2-361 (ff 8-208).
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- 'Critical Study of the Campaign in Mesopotamia up to April 1917: Part I - Report'
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