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'HISTORY OF THE GREAT WAR BASED ON OFFICIAL DOCUMENTS. THE CAMPAIGN IN MESOPOTAMIA 1914-1918. VOLUME IV.' [13r] (30/540)
The record is made up of 1 volume (266 folios). It was created in 1927. 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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CHAPTER XXXVII.
MAY, JUNE AND JULY, 1917.
(MAPS MESOPOTAMIA AND 34.)
FTER a series of hard-fought actions extending over
three months, General Maude had captured Baghdad on
the 11th March. But it had taken his troops another seven
weeks’ hard and almost continuous fighting to clear his front
and flanks sufficiently to secure his hold of that city and to give
him room for manoeuvre in its defence. During this period
the disappointing inactivity of the Russians on his right had
not only added to the opposition he had encountered but had
prevented his obtaining as decisive success as he had hoped.
The Turkish XIII Corps, reduced to an estimated strength, at
the beginning of May, of 900 sabres, 7,800 rifles and 69 guns,
had, however, been forced back into the area south of Kifri
bounded by the Diyala and the Jabal Hamrin ; their XVIII
Corps, reduced to an estimated strength of 450 sabres, 7,250
rifles and 34 guns, had been driven up the Tigris to a point
about thirteen miles above Samarra* ; and their Euphrates
detachment had been obliged to retire to Ramadi, some thirty
miles westward of Falluja.
With one cavalry and four infantry divisions at the front and
with a fifth infantry division beginning to concentrate at
Baghdad, General Maude felt that his situation was, for the
time being, satisfactory. Although various reports indicated
Turkish intentions of reinforcing their Sixth Army, there was
little chance of its attempting a serious offensive in the near
future. Not to mention the great difficulty of undertaking any
important operations during the hot weather, its moral was
bound to have been weakened by the heavy losses and the
series of defeats it had recently sustained. Moreover, it was
reported to be short of food, ammunition and other supplies ;
and its long lines of communication were known to be still but
imperfectly organised. Consequently General Maude concluded
that he would have some four months in which to rest and
reorganise his force and to prepare for further hostilities.
Ever since his capture of Baghdad he had been thinking out
his plans, and preparing for the hot weather. His first con
sideration was naturally the general security of his force, and
* At this point the Turks had an advanced detachment covering their
main body at Tikrit.
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The volume is the fourth 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 V. The Campaign in Upper Mesopotamia, 1917-1918 - North-West Persia and the Caspian, 1918', and consists of the following ten chapters:
- May, June and July 1917
- August and September 1917: The Capture of Ramadi
- October to December 1917 - Occupation of the Jabal Hamrin, Action of Tikrit and Death of General Maude
- January to March 1918: Dunsterville's Mission and the Action of Khan Baghdadi
- April and May 1918: Operations in Kurdistan and Arrangements to Counter the Turco-German Threat beyond our Northern Flank
- British Plans to Stop the Enemy's Advance into Persia and to Obtain Control of the Caspian
- The Fall of Baku
- British Advance up the Tigris: Actions of Fat-Ha Gorge and on the Little Zab
- The Battle of Sharqat and the Armistice
- Conclusion
The volume also includes fourteen maps, entitled:
- The Middle East
- Mesopotamia
- Map 34 - Operations near Ramadi: July and September 1917
- Map 35 - Operations in the Jabal Hamrin: October and December 1917
- Map 36 - Actions at Daur and Tikrit: 2nd and 5th November 1917
- Map 37 - Operations on the Euphrates line: March 1918
- Map 38 - Action of Khan Baghdadi: 26th March 1918
- Map 39 - Operations in the Kifri-Kirkuk area: April and May 1918
- Map 40 - The Cavalry affair of the 27th April 1918, and the action of Tuz Khurmatli, 29th April 1918
- Map 41 - Operations of "Dunsterforce", 1918
- Map 42 - Operations at Baku, August-September 1918
- Map 43 - Operations on the Tigris: 18th-30th October 1918
- Map 44 - Action by 7th Cavalry Brigade near Hadraniya: 29th October 1918
- Map 45 - Battle of Sharqat, 29th October 1918
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- 1 volume (266 folios)
- Arrangement
The volume contains a preface (folios 5-6), a chronological summary of the campaign in Mesopotamia (folios 7-8), a list of contents (folios 8-11), a list of maps and illustrations (folios 11-12), appendices (folios 197-232), an index (folios 233-254), and twelve maps in a pocket attached to the inside back cover (folios 256-267).
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Foliation: the foliation sequence (used for referencing) commences at the inside front cover with 1, and terminates at the inside back cover with 268; 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 file also contains an original printed pagination sequence.
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