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'HISTORY OF THE GREAT WAR BASED ON OFFICIAL DOCUMENTS. THE CAMPAIGN IN MESOPOTAMIA 1914-1918. VOLUME IV.' [35r] (74/540)
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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QUESTION OF REINFORCEMENT 45
The telegram continued that, as General Maude knew,
the Chief of the Imperial General Staff had for some time
past been corresponding with India regarding new divisions,
and he had just arranged for another cavalry brigade to
be sent to Mesopotamia, while he had recently arranged
for a reserve of shipping in the Mediterranean for conveyance
of troops if urgently required. He could send more 6 -inch
howitzer batteries and would continue to endeavour to meet
all other demands General Maude might make ; but he could do
no more in the way of sending additional troops than assist
India to provide them, as he could only find troops by taking
them from France, where the chief enemy was being attacked
continuously and successfully. He wished General Maude to
state his views after considering'the above points. General
Maude must, of course, look ahead, but would probably agree
that, until his communications had improved greatly, the
enemy had a very difficult problem in trying to throw a formid
able force against General Maude, especially considering the
influence that General Allenby’s operations would exert.
On the same day the Chief of the Imperial General Staff
informed the Commander-in-Chief in India that it was necessary
to ensure the completion, as early as possible, of the new
formations which India was getting ready, and he entered into
some details concerning the composition of a new division, for
which he would provide the artillery and four machine gun
companies. He also told General Maude that he was prepared
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Formation. British
Indian
1st Corps..
all ranks.
11,792
all ranks.
26,018
Illrd Corps
19,940
14,746
Army Troops ..
2,778
3,228
15th Division
6,128
11,079
17th Division
5,024
12,795
Cavalry Division
2,248
4,380
Baghdad Garrison
36
2,838
Euphrates Front
1,456
4,311
Karun Front
165
2,234
Tigris Defences ..
2,501
8,346
Euphrates Defences
1,185
2,380
Administrative Infantry, Lines of
Communication
284
5,688
Base, reinforcements ..
5,350
9,520
58,887
107,563
Of the above, the Baghdad Garrison and the Administrative Infantry could
scarcely, General Maude considered, be reckoned as fighting troops.
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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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- 'HISTORY OF THE GREAT WAR BASED ON OFFICIAL DOCUMENTS. THE CAMPAIGN IN MESOPOTAMIA 1914-1918. VOLUME IV.'
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- front, back, spine, edge, head, tail, front-i, 2r:2v, 4r:186v, 188r:255v, back-i
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