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'HISTORY OF THE GREAT WAR BASED ON OFFICIAL DOCUMENTS. THE CAMPAIGN IN MESOPOTAMIA 1914-1918. VOLUME II.' [138r] (284/660)
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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AYLMER’S OPERATION ORDERS
245
The 28th Brigade was to take over the trenches of the 19th
and 21st Brigades and push forward its line during the night
for about one and a half miles, its left to be about one thousand
yards from the Tigris. The Corps Artillery,* covered by
the 28th Brigade, were to entrench themselves in rear of that
brigade in positions which had already been indicated to them ;
the 9th Infantry Brigadef would be in reserve on the left
bank near Shaikh Saad, where the camp and bridge were to be
protected by the Provisional Battalion and the 13th Sapper
Company; and a small column, consisting of a squadron
33rd Cavalry and half the 2nd Rajputs, was to remain on the
right bank. At this time half the 128th Pioneers and a company
of the 107th Pioneers were still at the Musandaq camp, and the
total number of effective rifles in General Aylmer’s force
available for the operation was approximately 10,000. The
Cavalry Brigade, though comprising a number of units, was
also weak in effective strength.
On the 13th January, at 6.30 a.m., the 7th Division, with
the Cavalry Brigade co-operating on its outer flank, was to
move off due west from the position of assembly in echelon
of brigades from the left and was to envelop the enemy's left
flank by a wide turning movement. The 28th Brigade was
to hold the enemy to the southern portion of his trenches,
while the Corps Artillery were to bombard the enemy’s position
and were to co-operate in the general attack. The small
column on the right bank of the Tigris was to act as flank
guard and protect the gunboats, which, under the orders of
the Senior Naval Officer, would pass through the bridge at
6.30 a.m., preceded by mine-sweepers, and co-operate with
the attack.
All troops were to carry two days’ cooked rations on the
man and, as the water in the
Wadi
A seasonal or intermittent watercourse, or the valley in which it flows.
was reported to be brackish,
twenty transport carts were to carry additional drinking
water for the 7th Division. Only first line transport was to
move with the fighting troops, but the second line transport was
to be ready to march when required. General Aylmer’s
headquarters would be in the Mejidieh.
The night of the 12th/13th, though cold, was clear with
* 61st Howitzer Battery = six 4-5-inch howitzers.
72nd Heavy Battery = four 5-inch howitzers.
77th Heavy Battery = four 5-inch howitzers.
104th Heavy Battery (less one section) = two 4-inch guns.
Total: 16 guns and howitzers.
t l/4th Hampshire (only three companies strong), 107th Pioneers (less one
company), and half battalion 2nd Rajputs.
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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
- Extent and format
- 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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