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'HISTORY OF THE GREAT WAR BASED ON OFFICIAL DOCUMENTS. THE CAMPAIGN IN MESOPOTAMIA 1914-1918. VOLUME IV.' [23v] (51/540)
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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22 HISTORY OF THE WAR : MESOPOTAMIA
nostDoning the operations against Ramadi on
?hkaccoun But acting on the advice oi the local commander
at /Xia General Cobbe said he did not recommend post
ponement. The weather was unlikely to get appreaably c^ler
for a considerable time, and General Cobbe was takmg all
possible precautions to minimise the effect of the inevitable
^The force which concentrated at Falluja for the operation
consisted of two squadrons of cavalry, fourteen guns four
armoured cars, half a Sapper and Miner company and the 7th
Infantry Brigade* all under the command of Lieutenant-Colonel
Haldane, then commanding the 7th Brigade. Three aeroplanes
were to co-operate with the column ; and the 127 motor vans
and lorries could assist the infantry by transporting about six
hundred men at a time. Among the other special arrangements
made to mitigate the effects of the heat the following are
worthy of note : all marches were to be carried out at night,
tents were to be carried for use by day when the troops were
not actually engaged and ice was to be provided for the
immediate treatment of any cases of heat stroke.
Dhibban was occupied without incident by an advanced
detachment on the night 7th/8th, and the whole force concen
trated there on the 10th July. Careful reconnaissances had
been made previously of the approaches to Ramadi, where the
Turkish garrison, now estimated at 150 sabres, 1000 rifles and
6 guns, was reported to be holding an entrenched line half a
mile short of the town and protecting it from the east and south
east. Intelligence received indicated that the enemy’s intention
was to evacuate Ramadi if the British attacked it.
Half the 93rd Infantry and half a section 133rd Machine
Gun Company were left to hold Dhibban. The cavalry and
* The Column consisted of :—
1st Connaught Rangers
91st Punjabis
2/7th Gurkhas
93rd Infantry
131st Machine Gun Company
One section 133rd Machine Gun Company.
One squadron each, 10th and 32nd Lancers.
215th Brigade, R.F.A. (A and B batteries).
66th Battery, R.F.A. (less one section).
One section, 524th Howitzer Battery, R.F.A.
14th Light Armoured Motor Battery (four cars).
Two sections, 21st Company Sappers and Miners.
729th M.T. Company with “ Star ” vans and " Fiat ” lorries attached,
i.e., 100 Ford and 15 Star vans and 12 Fiat lorries.
111th Combined Field Ambulance.
One pack wireless set.
7th Infantry Brigade
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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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