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'HISTORY OF THE GREAT WAR BASED ON OFFICIAL DOCUMENTS. THE CAMPAIGN IN MESOPOTAMIA 1914-1918. VOLUME II.' [53r] (112/660)
The record is made up of 1 volume (323 folios). It was created in 1924. 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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GENERAL SITUATION AT 10.30 A.M. 81
hostile trenches, where all cover in the way of low scrub had
been burnt and where they were met with heavy gun, machine
gin and rifle fire. Extending and firing in reply, General
Hoghton s infantry continued their advance, but the mirage
now obscured the view in this part of the field and their
supporting field battery had to cease fire, through inability
to discern its objective. But by 10.30 a.m. the 17th Brigade
under heavy hostile gun and rifle fire, had got to within
seven hundred yards of the enemy trenches. Although at
this time the 119th Infantry began to feel the effects of enfilade
fire from " High Wall,” the column had not suffered many
casualties, and its reserves had not been pushed up into the
firing line. The Turkish account implies that General Hoghton's
troops were checked at this stage by the Turkish fire and could
not advance further, but this is not borne out by the British
accounts. Moreover, about this time General Hoghton re
ported to General Townshend that General Delamain’s column
appeared to have pushed on too far without giving him
(General Hoghton) time to clear his front, which he was then
proceeding to do.
Meanwhile, the two 5-inch guns had moved at about 9.50 a.m.
from their original position in rear of General Hoghton for
about a mile in the direction of “ V.P.” to support the
attack of General Delamain’s column.
To summarise the general situation. About 10.30 a.m. the
two columns of the British turning attack were completely
checked by parts of the Turkish 45th and 51st Divisions and
their cavalry brigade; General Hoghton’s brigade was just
entering the decisive zone of attack; and General Delamain’s
column had carried " V.P.” On the Turkish side the 35th
Division and Arab irregulars on the right bank had not been
engaged or threatened, and the three battalions of the 105th
Regiment, with a field battery, were on their way to reinforce
the left bank force ; their heavy guns on the right bank had
effectively checked the advance of the British Naval flotilla
on the river ; the 38th Division on the left bank had just
become seriously engaged; a large proportion of the 45 th
Division had become casualties or had retired to the second
line and the remainder were engaged holding off the main
British turning attack ; the greater part of the 51st Division
and the Iraq Cavalry Brigade were engaged with General
Melliss’s column ; and Nur-ud-Din had still in hand as army
reserve two battalions, the engineer company and four quick-
firing field guns of the 51st Division.
(11985) G
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The volume is the second 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 III. The First Campaign for Baghdad', and consists of the following fourteen chapters:
- The Decision to Advance to Baghdad
- Commencement of the Advance Towards Baghdad
- The Battle of Ctesiphon - the First Day's Operations
- Battle of Ctesiphon (Continued) and the British Retirement to Kut
- The Decision to Hold Kut and British Policy Consequent on the Failure to Reach Baghdad
- The Siege of Kut: First Phase (December 1915)
- Commencement of the Relief Operations
- The Action of Shaikh Saad
- The Action of the Wadi A seasonal or intermittent watercourse, or the valley in which it flows. and the First Attack on Hanna
- Operations up to the End of February, 1916
- The Second Attempt to Relieve Kut; the Attack on the Dujaila Redoubt
- The Third Attempt to Relieve Kut; the Successful Advance to and First and Second Attacks on Sannaiyat
- The Last Attempt at Relief; Bait Isa and Sannaiyat
- The Siege of Kut; the Last Stages
The volume also includes nine maps, entitled:
- The Middle East
- Lower Mesopotamia
- Map 8 - The Tigris from Kut al Amara to Baghdad
- Map 9 - The Battle of Ctesiphon
- Map 10 - The affair of Umm at Tubul
- Map 11 - The defence of Kut al Amara
- Map 12 - The fort at Kut; with special reference to the Turkish attack on 24th December 1915
- Map 13 - River Tigris between Ali Gharbi and Shumran
- Map 14 - The action at Shaikh Saad
- Map 15 - The action of the Wadi A seasonal or intermittent watercourse, or the valley in which it flows.
- Map 16 - The first attack on Hanna; 21st January 1916
- Map 17 - The attack on the Dujaila Redoubt, 8th March 1916
- Map 18 - To illustrate Tigris Corps Operation Order No. 26, dated 6th March 1916
- Map 19 - To illustrate operations between 10th March and end of April 1916
- Map 20 - The action of Bait Isa on 17th and 18th April 1916, and the attack on Sannaiyat 22nd April 1916
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- 1 volume (323 folios)
- Arrangement
The volume contains a list of contents (folios 6-10), a list of maps and illustrations (folio 11), appendices (folios 254-290), an index (folios 291-312), and eleven maps in a pocket attached to the inside back cover (folios 314-324).
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Foliation: the foliation sequence commences at the inside front cover with 1 and terminates at the inside back cover with 325; 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 volume also contains an original printed pagination sequence.
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- front, back, spine, edge, head, tail, front-i, 2r:3r, 3r, 4r:70v, 72r:79r, 160v, 80r:102v, 104r:160r, 161r, 313v, 161v:281v, 283r:313v, back-i
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