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'HISTORY OF THE GREAT WAR BASED ON OFFICIAL DOCUMENTS. THE CAMPAIGN IN MESOPOTAMIA 1914-1918. VOLUME IV.' [69v] (143/540)
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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108 HISTORY OF THE WAR : MESOPOTAMIA
During January, in addition to five bombing raids carried
against Turkish aerodromes and camps, our Air Service was con
tmuously active in reconnaissance and photographic work
The Turkish aeroplanes were also active ; and on the 24th
and 25th January they carried out bombing raids over Baghdad
which caused us a few casualties * On the 23rd January tw!
of our aeroplanes flew to Kermanshah, returning with desDatrW
the next day; and on the 25th Lieutenant-Colonel C B Stnkpc
appointed to the staff of H.M. Minister at Tehran,'was taken
there by aeroplane from Baquba, the journey being success
fully accomplished, in spite of bad weather, by the 28th
, Turkish Sixth Army, from which we had taken durim.
1917 a total of some 16,000 prisoners and 124 guns besides
inflicting on it heavy casualties, was weak in strength and
widely dispersed. Of the Turkish XIII Corps, the 2nd
Division was reported to be distributed along the line Altun
KOpn-Rirkuk-Tuz Khurmatli-Band-i-Adhaim and the 6 th
Division to be m the Kifri-Qara Tepe area with detachments on
the Diyala to the east of those two places. The XVIII Cm™
S'hti a TY Ut Fat ; ha A n the , and wa s reported that hs
nd Division had been broken up and its units distributed
between the two other divisions (14th and 51st) of the Corns
fnTiR^n — 150 CUITent that the Tm-kish Cavalry Brigade
^,1 f t ^° n J Were bein § moved from the Mosul area to
L T r‘ 1Urds 0r more of the 50th Div ^on was said to
be on the Euphrates ; and in the Sulaimaniya area there was
MinconsrferaWe Turkish force, consisting mainly of frontier
tn * Tu * lshd ‘ vlsi0ns exce Pt ‘he 50th were estimated
to be of a strength of about 4,000 rifles each or less, and with
h ™ :ep ' lon of th e 50th they were at such distances from us,
n^sYrion f ard m 6 5 atUre of the intervening country, the
0 ?a ?e , °m ^ h f ds and our S eneraI transport situation,
ODentinp- a 11 ‘ ^°P e to obtain any decisive success by
cS nn g them - , 0n the other ^nd, in view of the
diffir °i.- G enemy S * roo P s > his supply and transport
^ t P re -° ccu P ation on the Palestine front and the
• ^ , a . w ^ r on .^ e P a ghdad railway was at a standstill
offensive ^ ° mater ^ a ^’ ^here seemed little chance of a Turkish 32
32 serviceaWeTeniplanes 1 ^ Turklsh Slxth Arm y had at this time about
ment of tL^fnd D^itm ancfS ??" firmati< ? n ^as obtained of the disband-
and 46th Division. ° f the move to Syna of the Cavalry Brigade
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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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