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'HISTORY OF THE GREAT WAR BASED ON OFFICIAL DOCUMENTS. THE CAMPAIGN IN MESOPOTAMIA 1914-1918. VOLUME II.' [60r] (126/660)
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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TURKISH COUNTER-ATTACK 95
stl ? e “ i . t ’ a ^ v anced against Water Redoubt and the
redoubt immediately north of it; the 45 th Division directed
its attack against V.P. ” ; and the 51st Division (less Jevad
Bey s detachment) were to move round to the north and envelon
the Bntish flank at " V.P. - The Iraq Cavalry Brigade
marched to the left rear of the 51 st Division Y ^
The commencement of the Turkish attack was perceived bv
die Bntish mam force at about 4 p.m. At this time the 17th
Brigade (General Hoghton), the 76th Field Battery, and two
heavy guns of the 86 th Battery were still at “ V P ” whence
the evacuation to High Wall of the wounded was proceeding
but slowly m spite of strenuous exertions. Every available cart
had arrived from Lajj by noon, but the number of casualties
was very great and by sunset only about half the wounded had
been removed. To add to the difficulty, the “ V.P.” area was
subjected from noon onwards to intermittent enemy gunfire
and shells kept falling among the wounded and the transport.
Generals Townshend and Delamain were at Water Redoubt
and the 16th Brigade with the 63rd and 82nd* Field Batteries
and the l/5th Hants Howitzers held that and the redoubt
immediately to the north of it. The 18th Infantry Brigade and
76th Punjabis (Generals Melliss and Hamilton) were on their
way from “ V.P.” to High Wall; and the Cavalry Brigade
and the mixed detachment already mentioned were in the
neighbourhood of Ctesiphon Arch and Gurkha Mound.
In view of the Turkish attack. General Towmshend diverted
two battalions of the 18th Brigade to strengthen General
Delamain, and ordered the 76th Punjabis back to “ V.P. ”
to strengthen General Hoghton. The remainder of the 18th
Brigade and four guns of the 82nd Field Battery moved on to
High Wall.
At about 5 p.m. the Cavalry Brigade and the section of the
82nd Field Battery at Gurkha Mound withdrew to High
Wall. This withdrawal, which coincided wfith their renewed
advance, considerably encouraged the Turkish XIII Corps.
The 35th Division pressed forward and occupied Ctesiphon
village and Arch, but were stopped there by the fire from
Gurkha Mound. The 38th Division moved forward, slowly, to
the left of the 35th Division.
Although by dusk the Turkish 45th Division had arrived
within about six hundred yards of “ V.P.,'' the Turkish
attack took some time to develop, and it was not till about
7 p.m. that heavy rifle fire opened all along the Turkish
* Less one section on Gurkha Mound.
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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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