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'HISTORY OF THE GREAT WAR BASED ON OFFICIAL DOCUMENTS. THE CAMPAIGN IN MESOPOTAMIA 1914-1918. VOLUME II.' [222r] (452/660)
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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ORDERS FOR BAIT ISA ATTACK
407
mentioned, had only amounted to 615, the flood and bad
weather conditions, combined with the fact that they had
frequently been short of rations* had rendered the operations
unusually trying; and it was held that the troops had made
rood progress with considerable skill. None the less, the delay
in getting forward caused considerable anxiety, and on the 16th,
telegraphing to the Chief of the Imperial General Staff, General
Lake intimated that it would be a near thing but that he hoped
to effect the relief before the rations in Kut gave out.
During the 16th April preparations were made for next day's
attack. At noon, after a personal discussion with General
Gorringe, who had come to his divisional headquarters,!
General Keary met his subordinate commanders and explained
his intentions. The main object of the attack was to gain
possession of a series of six canals lying to the west of Bait
Isa ruins ; and, owing to the inundations in the northern
area, it had been decided to deliver the assault against a part
of the Turkish line immediately southward of the blunt salient-!
A canal extending from the Tigris through the Turkish
position and passing south of Twin Pimples would direct
the left of the attacking force and a paraflel canal about seven
hundred yards north would similarly direct the right. The
front line hitherto held by the 8 th and 37th Brigades as far
south as this latter canal would be taken over that evening
by the 39th Brigade (13th Division), while the front between
the two canals would be taken over by the 7th Brigade. The
8 th Brigade, thus relieved, would take over as quickly as
possible the trenches held by the remainder of the 7th and 9th
Brigades, who would then, each accompanied by a sapper
“ blocking ” detachment (from 20th and 21st Sapper Com
panies) assemble between the two canals to make the assault
and the 37th Brigade would be in reserve behind them. Thus
the 8 th Brigade would hold a frontage of over two thousand
yards running southward from a point near Twin Pimples,s
with an outlying detachment, some twelve hundred yards still
further south, at the Triangle ; and the Divisional Cavalry
(two squadrons 33rd Cavalry) would watch the front Tnang e
Umm al Baram, while the 38th Brigade (13th Division), sti
under General Keary’s orders, would form divisional reserve,
concentrating a short distance east of Rohde s Piquet. * * * §
* Because of the difficulty of getting supplies forward to the advanced positions.
t A mile south of Abu Rumman. , j a -7 Mon 90
t The portion of the trench to be assaulted is marked P
§ Marked X on Map 20.
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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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