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'HISTORY OF THE GREAT WAR BASED ON OFFICIAL DOCUMENTS. THE CAMPAIGN IN MESOPOTAMIA 1914-1918. VOLUME IV.' [21v] (47/540)
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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effective ; and the resources of India would be available for
reinforcing Mesopotamia, subject to preparations for compli
cations in East Persia and Afghanistan. In regard to these
complications, the Viceroy, in a telegram of the 29th June to
the Secretary of State for India, stated that the whole political
and strategical position had been altered by recent e\ents in
Russia. These, the unstable political conditions in Persia and
the reported nomination of Mackensen and Falkenhayn to
commands in Asia Minor and Mesopotamia, led the Government
of India to apprehend a renewal of a Turco-German move on
Tehran and the progress eastwards towards Afghanistan of
organised hostile bodies of troops. Such a project was likely to
be more formidable than the previous attempts and India
might not only have to guard the Perso-Afghan border single-
handed but might have to provide support for Sir Percy Sykes
in South Persia. Consequently the extension of the railway
from Dalbandin (in Baluchistan) to the Persian frontier was
recommended.
On the 2nd July, the Chief of the Imperial General Staff
asked General Maude if, with the squadron of aeroplanes and
twelve artillery batteries from England and the six battalions
from India, he was satisfied of his ability to meet an\ attack
that might reasonably be expected. General Maude replied on
the 4th. After explaining how by rearrangement he could
garrison Baghdad and certain posts on the Tigris, Diyala and
Euphrates with line of communication troops and so release
more men of his divisions at the front for active operations, he
said that he felt no anxiety as to his ability to meet successfully^
considerably superior numbers of Turks. He concluded:
“ In fact, it should not be impracticable to clear the Tigris of
Turkish troops by the close of this year if the Russians will
co-operate vigorously.”
Between the 12th and 18th July further correspondence on
the subject of reinforcements took place between the Chief of
the Imperial General Staff and the Commander-in-Chief in
India. It was arranged that India should send two battalions
to relieve two w r orn out by the operations in East Africa*
The remaining sixteen battalions of the twenty-four under
formation, with other divisional units, would not be ready for
* Owing to the excessive wastage in the Indian units in East Africa and to
other reasons, it appeared to the Indian authorities that Indian troops were
unsuited for service in East Africa and could be more profitably employed
elsewhere. But, to further the policy of H.M. Government to terminate the
campaign in East Africa as soon as possible, as the readiest means of effecting
economy of force, the Government of India agreed to send these two battalions^
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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
- Extent and format
- 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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