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'HISTORY OF THE GREAT WAR BASED ON OFFICIAL DOCUMENTS. THE CAMPAIGN IN MESOPOTAMIA 1914-1918. VOLUME II.' [132v] (273/660)
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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234 HISTORY OF THE WAR : MESOPOTAMIA
General Harvey, with one and three-quarter battalions’" and
the 72nd Heavy Battery, was sent to take up a position of
observation some three and a half miles north of the bridge
This hostile movement could also be seen from Corps Head
quarters.
On both banks, owing to reorganisation of units, readjust
ment and consolidation of positions, the search for wounded
and escorting carts, etc., the troops had been fully occupied
for most of the wet and cold night ; and the morning of the
8 th January found officers and men very tired. The
inadequate medical arrangements were quite insufficient to
cope with the heavy casualties and the wounded endured much
suffering, to which the inclement weather contributed greatly.
At 7.40 a.m. General Aylmer informed General Kemballthat,
as it was inadvisable to make further attacks on the left bank
until his force was in a position to assist such attacks by
enfilade and reverse fire, General Kemball was to attack and
drive the enemy out of Shaikh Saad. For this purpose the
Cavalry Brigade, the 62nd Punjabis and the 19th Field Battery
from the left bank would be placed under General Kemball’s
orders. This order had only just been despatched when a
message was received from General Kemball saying that at
6.50 a.m. the 28th Brigade had engaged the enemy to the west
and north of the position they had captured the previous day;
that the enemy seemed to be retiring in long lines on both
banks ; that as soon as the cavalry and artillery came up
General Kemball would engage the enemy and endeavour to
help the left bank force ; and that the losses of General Kem-
ball’s force on the previous day had been very heavy.
By 10.30 a.m. the news received by General Aylmer showed
that the reports of the enemy’s retirement seemed to be pre
mature. On the left bank some troops had withdrawn on
the enemy’s extreme left flank, but a Turkish brigade seemed
to be making a wide outflanking movement to the north. On
the right bank General Kemball’s artillery had been engaged
with Turkish guns posted in front of Shaikh Saad, and owing
to the fire of these guns the British cavalry brigade moved
further to the left, leaving a squadron 14th Hussars with General
Kemball for reconnaissance purposes.. This squadron did
valuable service by a bold and rapid advance, which drew
heavy infantry fire and disclosed a force of about 500 infantry
in trenches about half a mile eastward of Shaikh Saad. Further
confirmation of the enemy’s intention to hold to the right bank *
* l/4th Hampshire and 107th Pioneers.
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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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