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'Military Report on Mesopotamia (Iraq)' [97r] (198/226)
The record is made up of 200p, 18cm. It was created in 1922. 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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CHAPTER IX.
STRATEGICAL AND TACTICAL.
Garrisons.—A.t present there is only one military
garrison in the Iraq portion of Northern Jazirah, and
that consists of one squadron (strength about 75 sabres)
of the 1 st Cavalry Regiment, Iraq Army, stationed at
Tel Afar. The garrison of this place is, however, shortly
to be increased to one complete cavalry regiment.
The Iraq Army are clothed in the ordinary khaki
uniform (serge in winter and drill in summer), with
native headgear similar to that worn by the Hejaz troops.
They are armed with the short Lee-Enfield rifle and
Mark VI I ammunition. This army is at present merely
in its infancy, having only been raised towards the latter
part of 1921, and has not yet been tried in even minor
operations of any kind.
Barracks exist in the Iraq portion of Northern Jazirah
at places and for troops as under: —
(i) Tel Afar
(ii) Hogena
(iii) Ain Ghazal ...
(iv) Balad Sinjar
1 company or squadron.
1 platoon.
1 „
1 ,, or 1 troop.
The towns of Nisibin and Ras al Ain are garrison
towns occupied by Turkish and French troops respectively.
The distribution and strength of the Jazirah front, of
which the Nisibin garrison is a part, will be dealt with
in the military report of Western Kurdistan. In
addition the French have at present small garrisons at
Hasichah, Sawar (on the River Khabur) and Raqqah
consisting of gendarmerie, whose chief duty is police
work.
Forts, magazines, or arsenals do not exist in the Iraq
portion of Northern Jazirah, nor does the water supply
allow of manoeuvres on a large scale of more than an
infantry division, and that only in the area Mosul-Tel
Afar-Hogena-Eski Mosul.
Military Contingencies .—From the Iraq point of view,
military contingencies which may possibly arise are
exclusive of operations against hostile or recalcitrant
tribes, which have been dealt with in Chapter VI. Wars
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This volume was produced for the General Staff of the British Forces in Iraq and was published in 1922. It covers the Northern Jazirah area of Iraq which is one of ten areas covered by the volumes produced in the same series. The various chapters of the book cover history, geography, climate, natural resources, ethnography, tribes, and personalities of the Northern Jazirah. The volume also covers the communications and strategic and tactical infrastructure of the area. All of the content is produced with the aim of providing basic military intelligence to forces operating in Iraq at the time.
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- 200p, 18cm
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The volume includes a table of contents from folios 5 to 6, and appendices and index from folios 99 to 107.
- Physical characteristics
Foliation: the foliation sequence (used for referencing) commences at the front cover with 1, and terminates at the inside back cover with 111; 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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- 'Military Report on Mesopotamia (Iraq)'
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- front, back, spine, edge, head, tail, front-i, 2r:108v, back-i
- Author
- East India Company, the Board of Control, the India Office, or other British Government Department
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