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'HISTORY OF THE GREAT WAR BASED ON OFFICIAL DOCUMENTS. THE CAMPAIGN IN MESOPOTAMIA 1914-1918. VOLUME II.' [223r] (454/660)
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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OCCUPATION OF BAIT ISA
409
their advance. By this time the morning mist had lifted.
The artillery were to lift their fire at 7.10 a.m., but five minutes
before this the attacking infantry reached the area under
bombardment. Here officers leading the 27th Punjabis
could see a line of bayonets along the enemy’s trench evidently
attached to rifles leaning against the parapet of the trench,
whose garrison were probably crouching at the bottom of it
waiting for the bombardment to cease. Deciding to seize
this opportunity for surprising the Turks, even though it might
mean some loss from the fire of their own artillery, the 27th,
followed by the 89th in rear of them and by the Connaughts
on their right, dashed at the trench and captured it as well
as three machine guns and about sixty prisoners. The 9th
Brigade on their left also followed the example of the 27th
Punjabis and in spite of a considerable enfilade fire from
their left front, were equally successful, capturing three
machine guns and about a hundred prisoners.
Under cover of the British artillery barrage, both brigades
then proceeded to carry out the remainder of their programme
quickly and with little opposition. Some 300 Turks were
killed in the trenches, about 180 were made prisoners and
eight machine guns in all were captured ; and this at the cost
of comparatively slight casualties to the British*
By 8 a.m. the 7th, 9th and 8 th Brigades were consohdating
the line west of the six canals and southward to Twin Pimples,
when the Turks started a counter-attack. In spite of the
efforts of the Turkish officers, who were seen exposing them
selves gallantly in trying to lead their men on, this attack
could make no headway in face of the British artillery and
machine gun fire, and finally withered away just before 10 a m.
Between 11 a.m. and 1 p.m. hostile movements to the south
and south-west and reports that the Turks were pushing over
reinforcements from the left bank of the Tigris to the right
indicated further Turkish attempts to counter-attack, but
they were all averted by the British artillery and by counter
movements.
At 1.15 p.m. General Gorringe visited 3rd Division head
quarters and discussed the situation ; and at 1.50 p.m. he
issued orders that the 13th Division were at dusk to take over
the line occupied by the 7th, 8 th and 9th Brigades, thus
* To senior British officers with the 7th and 9th Brigades it appeared that
the attack had taken the enemy by surprise and had so demoralised them
that with a little support the British could have seized and occupied the
Chahela position without difficulty.
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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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