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'HISTORY OF THE GREAT WAR BASED ON OFFICIAL DOCUMENTS. THE CAMPAIGN IN MESOPOTAMIA 1914-1918. VOLUME IV.' [54v] (113/540)
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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HISTORY OF THE WAR: MESOPOTAMIA
150 feet above river level, an excellent view is obtainable
Daur being easily visible. The Turkish trench line, about a
mile south of the town, extended from the Tigris bank for
about a mile westward and then bent back north-westward
and northward for another five miles. For the greater part
of its length the first line trench was continuous ; second and
third lines, connected with the first line, had been constructed
in many places; and there were numerous machine gun
emplacements. Further, the greater part of the left half of
the line, where the broken ground in front afforded some cover
had been made especially strong; while the flat open plain
afforded an excellent field of fire to the right half of the line.
General Cobbe had elected to make his attack against a
part of the Turkish left centre where his infantry could obtain
cover in the broken ground and to which they could readily
obtain access by a night march over the open and undulating
plain* From its position of assembly opposite Daur the 7th
Division was to move by night due north to a position of
deployment about three miles south-west of the distinct angle
in the Turkish line and was to regulate its advance from there
so as to attack as soon as the artillery could see sufficiently
to cover it. Supported by the whole of the artillery, the attack
was to be pressed with the greatest vigour.
The Cavalry Division and armoured cars were to be at a
point about three miles west of the extreme Turkish right
flank by 6.30 a.m., by which time the cavalry patrols were to
be in contact with the right half of the Turkish first line.
In addition to preventing the enemy withdrawing troops from
his right to reinforce his left, the cavalry was to cover the left
flank of our own infantry and to watch for any opportunity
afforded by their success. The 9th Infantry Brigade, with
two field batteries, from Samarra was to form Corps Reserve
opposite Daur; and the 21st Brigade Group, moving up the
Tigris left bank, would co-operate, if possible, by long range
fire.
By 5 and 5.30 a.m. on the 5th November the 7th and Cavalry
Divisions had reached their respective allotted positions and
the 21 st Brigade Group had by daybreakj disposed its guns
eastward of Tikrit to co-operate with the right bank attack.
At 5.30 a.m. the 8 th Infantry and 4th Field Artillery Brigades,
forming the advanced guard to the 7th Division, moved
forward to occupy the Jibin
Wadi
A seasonal or intermittent watercourse, or the valley in which it flows.
and to advance from there
against the enemy s trenches about one and a half miles to
the north-east . The infantry had orders to push in at once if
* See Map 36.
f Sunrise was about 6.20 a.m.
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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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