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'HISTORY OF THE GREAT WAR BASED ON OFFICIAL DOCUMENTS. THE CAMPAIGN IN MESOPOTAMIA 1914-1918. VOLUME IV.' [13v] (31/540)
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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HISTORY OF THE WAR: MESOPOTAMIA
his dispositions for this will be given hereafter. But he paid
great attention to the arrangements for the health and welfare
of his officers and men, to help them through a very trying and
monotonous period, during which he realised how essential it
would be to keep bodies and minds as well exercised as the
exigencies of the climate would permit. Only a small part of his
force could proceed on leave, and another part would have to
hold our advanced positions. But for the remainder camps
were laid out on selected sites along the river banks, and
were furnished with well organised hospitals, canteens and all
possible means of recreation.
In a memorandum which he issued to his chief subordinate
commanders on the 7th May, General Maude, after warning
them that it was essential to be at all times prepared for an
enemy offensive, trusted that the next few months might be a
period of well-earned rest for those who had done so magni
ficently and fought so gallantly. The first step was to make
certain points secure defensively, improving the defences
week by week, so as to free the bulk of his troops for offensive
action as necessary. Simultaneously arrangements were to be
made to give the troops the maximum of comfort possible in
regard to accommodation and water. The memorandum went
on to emphasise the importance of maintaining a high standard
of discipline and training, the necessary exercises being carried
out, as the heat increased, in the early morning and late
evening. Steps were to be taken at once to complete the war
equipment of units in every particular ; and when granting
leave* commanders were to bear in mind, not only the necessity
for keeping up the discipline and training of units at a high
standard, but also the possibility of their having to take the
field at short notice.
A portion of General Pavloff’s Russian force was still holding
the line of the Diyala in the vicinity of Qizil Ribat ; but there
seemed little prospect that the Russians would display
greater military activity than they had done during the past six
weeks. It consequently came as a complete surprise to General
Maude ^to receive, on the night 7th/8th May, a message from
General Raddatz, commanding the advanced Russian force
° n the Diyala, saying that he was crossing that river on the
8th, with the object of capturing Kifri, and asking for British
co-operation in the Delli Abbas and Band-i-Adhaim directions.
In spite of difficulty, owing to the short notice, in making the
necessary transport arrangements, General Maude managed
to despatch two small columns on the 8th to divert the enemy’s
leave ]U ^ T* 1 ° Ver 20 ’ 000 officers and men had been sent on
leave out oi the country to recuperate.
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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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- front, back, spine, edge, head, tail, front-i, 2r:2v, 4r:186v, 188r:255v, back-i
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