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'HISTORY OF THE GREAT WAR BASED ON OFFICIAL DOCUMENTS. THE CAMPAIGN IN MESOPOTAMIA 1914-1918. VOLUME IV.' [34r] (72/540)
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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1 1th cavalry brigade
43
On the 6 th September the Chief of the Imperial General
Staff, thinking it desirable to increase the cavalry in Mesopo
tamia, asked if India could spare a brigade.* In view of the
feeling, both in London and India, that the enemy would
make as great an effort as possible during the winter to retake
Northern Mesopotamia and to stir up trouble in Persia,
Afghanistan and Turkestan by the incursion of small parties of
Germans and Turks, it was realised that India would not find
it easy to spare a brigadef ; but the Commander-in-Chief there
said that, if after full consideration Sir William Robertson
wished it to be sent and the Government of India conesnted,
it would be provided. The chief of the Imperial General
Staff then referred the question to General Maude, mentioning
the difficulties and asking if there was any real necessity
for it. General Maude said that in any case it could be use
fully employed and would be invaluable if the Russians
failed to regain the Diyala line and subsequently occupy Kifri.
Consequently, bearing in mind the decreasing reliance on
Russian co-operation and the fact that security in Mesopotamia
would be the best guarantee for the security of India, the Chief
of the Imperial General Staff said that he wished the brigade
to be sent. The Commander-in-Chief in India in reply said that
he would despatch three Indian cavalry regiments to
Mesopotamia in October, but had not a horse artillery battery,
machine gun squadron, a field troop or a signal troop which
he could make available. It was finally arranged to send
from France a horse artillery battery and a British cavalry
regiment, which with two Indian cavalry regiments from
India and the remaining units to be found in Mesopotamia
would compose the 11th Cavalry Brigade.
As at Baghdad he had practically reached the limit within
which he could use his river fleet, and in view of the reports
that the Turks would rely largely on motor transport, General
Maude suggested on the 16th September that his mule transport
columns should be gradually replaced by a total of ten Ford
van companies. These would increase his radius of action and
obviate the necessity for obtaining and transporting large
quantities of forage. Moreover, petrol was obtainable locally
and mules were becoming increasingly difficult to provide.
This suggestion was approved and arrangements were made
* It would take a very long time and much shipping—which was getting
short—to send one from France.
f There was also a shortage of horses in India and a difficulty in procuring
more.
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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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