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'HISTORY OF THE GREAT WAR BASED ON OFFICIAL DOCUMENTS. THE CAMPAIGN IN MESOPOTAMIA 1914-1918. VOLUME IV.' [41r] (86/540)
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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ATTACK ON RAMADI 57
The first report of the enemy’s advance was sent in by a
standing patrol of the 14th Hussars under Lieutenant
G. G. Moule, who, by keeping close touch with the enemy, was
able to send in reports giving the exact dispositions of the
enemy’s leading troops. The Turks, advancing in column along
the track near the river, were allowed to come within 200 or 300
yards of our line, when twelve Vickers and forty-eight Hotchkiss
guns and every available rifle opened fire on the head and
flank of the enemy column, causing it heavy losses and
bringing its advance to a standstill. “ V ” Battery held in
check the fire of all the Turkish guns and eventually sank both
their gun-barges. The Turks persisted in their attack and also
made attempts to push through some low scrub and cover
along the river bank. But they failed. The whole action
lasted for about an hour and a half, and by daybreak the main
Turkish force had fallen back across the Aziziya Canal. A
column consisting of the 21st Cavalry, 15th Machine Gun
Squadron and 13th Light Armoured Motor Battery then moved
up the Hit road for about ten miles to capture any Turks who
might have managed to slip past. None was found, however,
and the only Turks seen were some cavalry on the opposite
bank, who had swum the river at Ramadi. It had been a fine
piece of work, for which in his report General Brooking
attributed great credit to General Holland-Pryor and his brigade,
of which he specially mentioned “ V ” Battery, the 14th
Hussars and the 21st Cavalry.
General Brooking had issued orders for the 12th Infantry
Brigade, supported by the 222nd Brigade, R.F.A., to push
forward early on the 29th September, seize the Aziziya
Bridge and attack eastward under cover of cross and enfilading
fire by the remainder of the force. General Dunsford accordingly
arranged for the 90th Punjabis and 2/39th Gahrwalis, supported
by two companies l/5th Queen’s, all under command of
Lieutenant-Colonel Waring (90th Punjabis), to advance along
the Aziziya Ridge and seize the western end of the Shaikh
Faraja Ridge, whence it was thought that the Aziziya Bridge
could be kept under close and effective fire.
At 6.15 a.m. the 90th Punjabis and 2/39th Gahrwalis, in
this order from the right, emerged from their trenches and took
up preparatory positions. Besides a trench line at the northern
end of Aziziya Ridge the Turks were holding Unjana Hill;
and the right flank of the Punjabis with some machine guns
was thrown back to face this hill. Colonel Waring also found
it advisable to order up the Queen’s two companies to prolong
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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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