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'HISTORY OF THE GREAT WAR BASED ON OFFICIAL DOCUMENTS. THE CAMPAIGN IN MESOPOTAMIA 1914-1918. VOLUME IV.' [61v] (127/540)
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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94 HISTORY OF THE WAR : MESOPOTAMIA
After dark on the 3rd December orders were issued for the
cavalry at Kishuk to advance next morning towards th
Qara Tepe-Kifri road, for the 37th Brigade to withdraw to
the eastern bank of the Diyala and for the 35th Brigade Group
to advance towards Qara Tepe, being joined after davbreak
by the 13th Brigade, R.F.A.* in place of its own artillery
immobilised by the inundations. The 38th and 40th Brigade
Groups were to capture the Sakaltutan pass at dawn and 6 the
40th Brigade Group was then to push forward to the Narin
river.
During the night the Turks were found to have evacuated
the Sakaltutan pass, which was at once occupied by the Welch
Fusiliers. Early on the 4th December two squadrons 12th
Cavalry and the 13th Divisional Cyclist Company (Divisional
Troops) crossed the pass and, fording the Narin rivert south
of Narin Kbpri, joined the one and a half squadrons 12th
Cavalry and Russian Cossacks advancing from Kishuk The
combined force then advanced into the hilly country north
eastward of Qara Tepe and was engaged throughout the dav
with an enemy force to the north of Qara Tepe holding positions
from which they could not be ejected. At 5 p.m. the Russians
were obliged to withdraw to Kishuk owing to their ammunition
and food running short and to the exhaustion of their men
thp B he withdrew also, joining
the 35th and 40th Brigade Groups.
- Bng A d u ? T j Up ’ meetin S no opposition, reached
Narm KopH and halted there. The 35th Brigade Group,
much delayed by floods and water channels and joined during
the day by the 3th Brigade, R.F.A.,§ only reached a poii
into Hvouac ^ by 6 - 3 ° p m -' when U went
That night General Egerton issued orders that General
h t n 35 t x and 40th Bri § ade Groups was to advance
■ 1 ? n ^ ara Tepe and dnve the enemy from the hills
“f y t( V he n ° rth 0f that place-but y he was not to
6 ^ >pe + 1 i a 10ns a £ ains t a succession of enemy rear guard
and rnaf 8 f 6 1 \ 0 ^^'r" and to remove or destroy all stores
and material found in Qara Tepe. y
bridge nea^Qizil^lSbat. t0 ^ 3/th Bn & ade Group, it was to cross by the
t The enemy had destroyed all the bridges,
in + good condition. 13 ^ ° f f ° 0d before j° lm ng us, neither men nor horses were
of \he^brid(re'near'cftzH ^Ribat Sa PP ers and Pioneers, the ramps
D.ya.a rig hfba"r k r h?d^^trb y b ra g “.r r thT 4 Th Ctel,ln ' b 0 "
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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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