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'HISTORY OF THE GREAT WAR BASED ON OFFICIAL DOCUMENTS. THE CAMPAIGN IN MESOPOTAMIA 1914-1918. VOLUME IV.' [80r] (164/540)
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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ACTION OF KHAN BAGHDADI
125
that the operations would extend over a considerable area,
that the various groups, though scattered, were strong and
that our force was more mobile than the enemy’s. To enable
him to use his reserve to the best advantage, it was essential,
said General Brooking, that he should receive continual
situation reports ; and he emphasised the fact that success
would depend much on the individual action of group
commanders, for which the operations offered full scope.
At Hit the alluvial plain of Mesopotamia gives place to
a limestone and clay region, in which the Euphrates runs at a
considerably lower level than the surrounding country,
which consists for the most part of a barren undulating plateau
intersected by steep and rocky ravines. Our information
regarding the topography of the country between Sahiliya and
Ana was scanty ; and topographical reconnaissance had been
purposely restricted to avoid arousing the enemy’s suspicions*
But, from the information we possessed, the ground over
which the operations would be carried out appeared generally
practicable for all arms ; and it was consequently hoped that
the proposed action of the cavalry and armoured cars would
not be hindered by difficulties of ground.
General Andrew, starting as ordered, halted just before
1 a.m. on the 26th March at a point on the road about ten
miles from Sahiliya. He then sent forward one company from
each of three infantry battalions against the enemy’s “ P ”
trenches, to occupy them if unopposed or if resistance was
faint, but to withdraw if the Turks were present in strength.
The three companies, after advancing some distance, were
checked about 2 a.m. at close range from the trenches by gun,
machine gun and rifle fire.f The position was evidently held
in strength and the three companies withdrew. General
Andrew then moved his group to the west of the road under
cover in the low hills, to avoid the area on which Turkish guns
were probably registered and to await daylight.
At 3.15 a.m., General Brooking received the report that
the enemy’s “ P ” trenches were strongly held. As this news
indicated that the enemy had not retired. General Brooking
regarded it as satisfactory. By 4.30 a.m. he had established his
headquarters at a point west of the Aleppo road about six
miles north-west of Sahiliya, near the only suitable site for
the landing of aeroplanes.
* General Brooking considered that the British reconnoitring activity had
been mainly responsible for the enemy’s retirement from Hit.
| They suffered 43 casualties at this stage. Part of them actually entered
the trenches but were driven out again.
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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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- front, back, spine, edge, head, tail, front-i, 2r:2v, 4r:186v, 188r:255v, back-i
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