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'HISTORY OF THE GREAT WAR BASED ON OFFICIAL DOCUMENTS. THE CAMPAIGN IN MESOPOTAMIA 1914-1918. VOLUME IV.' [41v] (87/540)
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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58 HISTORY OF THE WAR: MESOPOTAMIA
the left of the Gahrwalis and advance along the low ground
between the ridge and the canal. After a five minutes' bombard
ment of the trenches on Aziziya Ridge and of the Shaikh
Faraja Ridge, the 90th and 39th began their advance at
6.35 a.m. But, coming under heavy rifle and machine gun
fire, both direct and enfilading, they were checked for a few
minutes during which time the Queen s came up on the left of
the line. They, the Gahrwalis and a small part of the Punjabis,
then pushed on, first capturing the Aziziya Ridge trenches and
then, soon after 7 a.m., the western end of the Shaikh Faraja
Ridge.
It was found, however, that owing to the walled gardens in
its vicinity, the Aziziya Bridge could not be seen nor kept
under fire from this ridge. Captain Rodgerson (2/39th Gahrwalis),
the senior officer present with the firing line, thereupon decided
to advance alongside the Aziziya Canal against the bridge, in
which vicinity three Turkish field guns were in action. Taking
with him a mixed body of Queen’s, Gahrwalis and a few Punjabis
and during the advance bringing Lewis gun fire to bear on the
Turkish guns, Captain Rodgerson moved forward, finally
capturing the guns and securing the bridge. This was about
7.30 a.m. Meanwhile the bulk of the Punjabis had gained the
Shaikh Faraja Ridge. Two of their platoons had captured
Unjana Hill and, though they were driven off again by a
counter-attack and did not re-occupy the hill, the Turks were
forced finally to leave it by our gun and machine gun fire.
Though this rapid advance had met with complete success,
the leading troops of the 12th Brigade had sustained a good
many casualties, and were somewhat disorganised and
scattered. At 8 a.m. there seem to have been about 500
effective rifles with Captain Rodgerson at the bridge, and about
200 Punjabis on the Shaikh Faraja Ridge ; and, as a Turkish
counter-attack against the right of the Punjabis was feared,
the question of withdrawing from the bridge to Shaikh Faraja
was considered. But the necessity did not arise, as at about
9.15 a.m. Turks in large numbers began surrendering to the
Gahrwalis at the bridge.
At daybreak the 42nd Brigade had found the enemy still in
occupation of his trenches to the north of Ramadi Ridge ;
and at 9.30 a.m. General Lucas received orders to advance.
As his leading troops began to move forward, white flags went
up all along the enemy’s line. In the meantime orders had
also been sent to General Dunsford to attack eastward, as the
enemy in front of the 42nd Brigade was still holding out. In
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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)
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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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