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'HISTORY OF THE GREAT WAR BASED ON OFFICIAL DOCUMENTS. THE CAMPAIGN IN MESOPOTAMIA 1914-1918. VOLUME II.' [61v] (129/660)
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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98 HISTORY OF THE WAR : MESOPOTAMIA
hundred strong, opposed and finally drove back the
thousands of riflemen of the 35th Division to the second
line of defence. . .
The situation on the Turkish left is clearly shown by the
following report (taken from the lurkish account) sent at
3.30 a.m. to Turkish headquarters by the commander of the
XVIII Corps :—
“ 51st Division has lost its direction and is in an unsup
ported situation. 45th Division, wEich till sunset*
continued its attack, has all retreated in the dark to the
second line. I am in touch neither with the XIII Army
Corps on the right nor 51st Division on the left. If rein
forcements cannot be sent the divisional commander!
considers it impossible to advance and reports the enemy’s
main body in DariyyeJ group. At present all the 45th
Division battalion and company commanders have been
killed or wounded, and the much reduced companies are
commanded by N.C.O.’s. Thus we may say that the 45th
Division does not exist. Under these circumstances there
is no hope of success for the attack. I have ordered 51st
Division back to the second line. I suggest an attempt
to defend this line.”
Before receiving the above, however, Nur-ud-Din had already
(about 2 a.m. on the 24th) issued orders for the attacking
Turkish troops to be withdrawn to, and to defend, the second
line, with the Iraq Cavalry Brigade covering the left flank.
This cavalry brigade, which had passed the night 23rd/24th
among the sandhills well to the left of the 51st Division and
about two and a half miles northward of “ V.P.,” withdrew
on receipt of the above orders, leaving a squadron on the
sandhills.
The strain upon Nur-ud-Din had been very great, and the
Turkish account contains a graphic description of the state of
affairs at Turkish headquarters on the 24th November. They
were
“ in the depths of despair and despondency. O 11
every brow could be read the meaning of the moral and
physical signs of discouragement and fatigue. . • • •
Neither the situation nor the defences of the second line
were such as to hold out hopes of prolonged resistance.
It was necessary to decide on one of the two
following moves : (1) to break touch with the enemy and
* [Sic.] | Presumably of the 45th Division. + i.e., “ V.P.
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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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