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'HISTORY OF THE GREAT WAR BASED ON OFFICIAL DOCUMENTS. THE CAMPAIGN IN MESOPOTAMIA 1914-1918. VOLUME IV.' [53v] (111/540)
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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78
HISTORY OF THE WAR: MESOPOTAMIA
whole had occurred in the 28th Brigade * Including 82
prisoners captured, the Turkish casualties v^ere estimated at
about 260. . .
At 2.20 p.m., after the Cavalry Division had started to turn
the Turkish rear guard out of Auja, General Cobbe telegraphed
to General Maude proposing to withdraw his force next day
to Samarra. But General Maude replied that, as it was probable
that the Turks would evacuate Tikrit, General Cobbe’s force
should not withdraw till this was verified, in which case Tikrit
should be visited and the enemy stores there destroyed.
General Cobbe accordingly issued orders for the Cavalry
Division to push forward into Tikrit next morning and destroy
the stores there. Aeroplanes were to reconnoitre Auja and
Tikrit as soon as it was light enough to see ; the 7th Division
was to advance as far as Auja, pushing forward its heavy
artillery to shell Tikrit; and the 21st Brigade Group on the
Tigris left bank was to be held ready to co-operate in the
movement.
On the 3rd November, before it was light, General Cobbe
received orders from General Maude that if it was found that
Tikrit had not been abandoned the force was to return to
Samarra. Auja was occupied at an early hour by the 19th
Infantry Brigade, which came under considerable shell fire;
and our aeroplanes and cavalry found Tikrit to be held in
strength. Consequently, in accordance with his orders, General
Cobbe soon after 1 p.m. ordered his troops to withdraw to
their previous night’s bivouacs. Their total casualties during
the day had been 94, of which seven were in the Cavalry
Division. In the evening General Cobbe issued orders for
withdrawal next day to Samarra.
At 7.10 a.m. on the 4th November General Cobbe received
the following message from General Maude :—“ In consequence
of certain developmentsf on whole front, no further movements
towards Samarra should be made by your troops till further
orders. Wire their present distribution.” General Cobbe
cancelled his order for withdrawal and at 8.40 a.m. telegraphed
the dispositions of his force to General Headquarters. At
noon he received a further message from General Maude saying
that he had received confirmation of his previous information
that the Turks might evacuate Tikrit if we advanced and that
it was probable that stores were being removed from Tikrit.
* Of these the 56th Rifles contributed 108 and the 51st Sikhs 82.
| There is nothing in the records to show what developments were alluded
to. But General Maude had just heard of General Allenby’s capture of Beer-
sheba and he may have had this in his mind.
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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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