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'Critical Study of the Campaign in Mesopotamia up to April 1917: Part I - Report' [‎186v] (377/424)

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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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Actions after the Capture of Baghdad —contd.
Date.
Euphrates.
R. (West) bank of
Tigris.
Between Tigris and
Diyala.
L. (East) bank of
Diyala.
9-4-17
to
30-4-17
10-4-17 — Cav. in con
tact with Turk XIII
Corps near Shiala.
15-4-17 — Turk XIII
Corps pushed back to
Delli Abbas. Cayley
left to watch it with
2 Pdes. & Cav. Div.
17-4-17 — Remainder
Marshall's Column
(2 Inf. Bdes. (fe Cas-
sell's Cav.) at Kawar.
18-4-17 — Remainder
Marshairs forces
Adhaim R. and dis
appear from left
bank Tigris.
99-4-17
to
30-4-17
20-4-17 — 8th Bde.
arrives to rein
force 7th Div.
21-4-17 — Battle of
Istabulat.
22-4-17 — Pursuit
of Turk rear
guard.
23-4-17 — Capture
of Saraarra.
23-4-17 — Marshall turns
X. to attack Turk
XIII Corps advancing
down Adhaim.
24-4-17 — Action about
Dahuba. Turks re
tire to foot of Jabal
Hamrin.
30-4-17 — Battle of
Band-i-Adhaim.
Turks withdraw N.
of Kifri.
The first moves made were :— •
(а) I Corps (less 3rd Division ) took up the pursuit of XVIII Tur
kish Corps west of the Tigris.
(б) 7th Infantry Brigade with attached troops to Falluja on the
Euphrates.
(c) III Corps operated between the Tigris and Diyala to prevent
co-operation between separated units of the Turkish 6th
Army, the first move being the despatch of the 40th Brigade
to Daudiya to secure the bunds on the Tigris left bank.
{d) The 3rd Division (less 7th Infantry Brigade) with 7th Cavalry
Brigade and other troops attached, moved northwards
towards Persia on the east bank of the Diyala to impede
the Turkish retreat, and generally assist the Russian pur
suit.
These will now be dealt with in detail.
The I Corps, less the 3rd Division, left Baghdad at 2330 on the 13th,
directed on Bait Nawab An honorific title; an official acting as a provincial deputy ruler in South Asia; or a significant Muslim landowner in nineteenth century India. , where the Turkish positions were to be re
connoitred before attack. Direction was lost during the night march
but eventually the enemy were located in a well prepared position four
aud a half miles south Mushahidiya Station, with their right on some
sand hills. After considerable delay, partly due to mirage and diffi
culties of Jocating the enemy, the attack was launched at 1520, the 21st
Brigade west of the railway with the 19th Brigade in rear of the 28th

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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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