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'HISTORY OF THE GREAT WAR BASED ON OFFICIAL DOCUMENTS. THE CAMPAIGN IN MESOPOTAMIA 1914-1918. VOLUME IV.' [17v] (39/540)
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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10 HISTORY OF THE WAR: MESOPOTAMIA
Mandali and of strengthening our relations with the Vali of
Pusht-i-Kuh, so as to add to the security of the Tigris line
of communications if the Russians fell back, as seemed possible
General Maude replied on the 1st June that Sir Percy Cox
thought it might be possible to raise some levies about Mandali
as, though unreliable, their chief was mercenary. Sir Percy
also considered that the Vali of Pusht-i-Kuh might be induced
to maintain benevolent neutrality and to refuse passage to
Turkish troops, though, having regard to this chiefs character,
it was doubtful if he would support us actively. On the same
date General Maude sent the Chief of the Imperial General
Staff a much fuller telegram, saying that he was not clear as to
the policy which the Chief of the Imperial General Staff wished
to be followed on the general question, and explaining his
own views, which, as they expressed generally those held by
most military officers in Mesopotamia in what was and is a
controversial matter, are given here rather fully.
He had hitherto resisted constant political demands for
detachments from his force, feeling they were militarily unsound
and likely to involve him in operations outside his main
objective. Similarly he had endeavoured to keep the Arab
population quiet, treating them well so long as they took no
part in the operations, trading with them and making friends
with them, but repressing instantly and vigorously by force any
attempt at hostility. When there was no fighting in their
vicinity the tribesmen soon settled down, but became restless
and disturbed if drawn into the vortex of war. It appeared
that our policy was tending towards enlisting the tribes under
our banner, though it was not clear exactly how it was proposed
to use them. They were quite unreliable and though they
might fight for us one day, they were quite likely to take up
arms against us the next. They had, moreover, little or no
fighting value; because—while, as expert marauders,
they would take full toll from a demoralised retreating army—
they were quite ineffective, though tiresome, against unbroken
regular troops.
General Maude went on to enquire if it was the wish to
employ Arabs for fighting purposes. He was already paying
considerable sums of money and had given arms to certain
individuals who gave little return for it save passive friendship,
and it seemed open to question whether this could not be
obtained on lower terms. Guerilla warfare by tribesmen was
worrying, but had no real bearing on operations as long as
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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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