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'HISTORY OF THE GREAT WAR BASED ON OFFICIAL DOCUMENTS. THE CAMPAIGN IN MESOPOTAMIA 1914-1918. VOLUME I.' [110r] (224/454)
The record is made up of 1 volume (223 folios). It was created in 1923. 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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BRITISH DISPOSITIONS
197
been increased slightly, and the bulk of Force “ D ” was
concentrated in the Basra-Shaiba area. The details of the
dispositions on the 11th April were as follows :—
At Qurna, under command of Brigadier-General Dobbie,
were three battalions of his own (17th) Brigade* (1st
Oxfordshire and Buckinghamshire Light Infantry, 22nd
Punjabis, 103rd Mahrattas), four heavy guns (two of the
86th and two of the 104th Batteries), the Sirmur Sapper
and Miner Company, the Bridging Train, and a section
of the 34th Divisional Signal Company.
At Ahwaz, under command of Major-General Davison,
were a half squadron 33rd Cavalry, the 82nd Battery
R.F.A., the 12th Infantry Brigade, the 67th Punjabis
(of the 33rd Infantry Brigade), a section of the 22nd
Company of Sappers, a pack set Wireless Troop and a
section of the 12th Divisional Signal Company.
At Shaiba, under command of Major-General Fry, were
the 6th Cavalry Brigade, the 10th R.F.A. brigade less
the 82nd Battery and one gun of the 63rd Battery,f the
23rd Mountain Battery, the 16th Infantry Brigade, the
18th Infantry Brigade less one battalion (7th Rajputs),
the 48th Pioneers, the 17th and 22nd Companies of Sappers
less one section, the 34th Divisional Signal Company less
one section, and the Wireless Troop less two pack sets.
At Basra, under command of Major-General Gorringe,
were half a squadron 33rd Cavalry, the 30th Mountain
Battery, one gun of the 86th Heavy Battery (one gun
being with the Euphrates Blockade force), the l/5th Hants
Howitzer Battery, the 30th Infantry Brigade, two bat
talions (l/4th Hampshire^ and 11th Rajputs) of the 33rd
Infantry Brigade, the 7th Rajputs (18th Brigade) and the
20th Punjabis.
The 66th Punjabis (33rd Infantry Brigade) were dis
tributed between Kurmat Ali, Fao and Abadan and
furnished a detachment for the Euphrates Blockade
force ; and two guns of the 104th Heavy Battery were
at Kurmat Ali.
The organisation of the force into an army corps,
as laid down in Appendix IV, had not yet been carried
into full effect.
* The 119th Infantry had been posted to the 16th Infantry Brigade in
place of the 20th Punjabis, who had been allotted for garrison duties at Basra,
t With the Euphrates Blockade force.
+ Less a detachment with the Euphrates Blockade force.
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The volume is the first 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 divided into two parts. The first part, entitled, 'Part I. Before the Outbreak of Hostilities', consists of the following five chapters:
- General Description of the Country
- The Turks in Mesopotamia
- British Pre-War Policy
- The Army in India and Pre-War Military Policy
- Inception of the Operations
The second part, entitled, 'Part II. The Campaign in Lower Mesopotamia', consists of the following seven chapters:
- The Landing in Mesopotamia of Force "D" and the Operations Leading to the Occupation of Basra
- The Occupation of Basra and the Capture of Qurna
- Commencement of the Turkish Counter-Offensive
- Development and Defeat of the Turkish Counter-Offensive
- Operations in Arabistan and the Capture of Amara
- Operations on the Euphrates and the Occupation of Nasiriya
- The battle of Kut and Occupation of Aziziya
The volume also includes nine maps, entitled:
- The Middle East
- Lower Mesopotamia
- Map 1 - To illustrate operations described in Chapter VI
- Map 2 - To illustrate fighting near Qurna
- Map 3 - To illustrate fighting round Shaiba
- Map 4 - To illustrate operations in Persian Arabistan
- Map 5 - To illustrate operations in the Akaika Channel 27th June to 5th July 1915
- Map 6 - To illustrate operations near Nasiriya 6th to 24th July 1915
- Map 7 - To illustrate the Battle of Kut 28th September 1915
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- 1 volume (223 folios)
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The volume contains a page of errata (folio 5), a list of contents (folios 6-8), a list of maps and illustrations (folio 9), appendices (folios 185v-192), an index (folios 192v-214v), and eight maps in a pocket attached to the inside back cover (folios 217-224).
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Foliation: the foliation sequence commences at the inside front cover with 1 and terminates at the inside back cover with 225; 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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