'HISTORY OF THE GREAT WAR BASED ON OFFICIAL DOCUMENTS. THE CAMPAIGN IN MESOPOTAMIA 1914-1918. VOLUME IV.' [82v] (169/540)
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. .
Transcription
This transcription is created automatically. It may contain errors.
130 HISTORY OF THE WAR : MESOPOTAMIA
24th Punjabis, 1 st Oxfordshire and Buckinghamshire LioM
Infantry and 6 th Jats (all 50th Brigade) in this order from the
nght; and they were to commence their advance on a frontage
of nine hundred yards at 5.30 p.m. The 2/5th and 2 / 6 th
Gurkhas (42nd Brigade) were to follow the Dorsets in supmrt
and the l/5th Gurkhas were kept by General Lucas as reserve
In the 50th Brigade the 97th Infantry were to support the
other three battalions. Three sections 256th Machine Gun
Company were disposed to cover the crossing of the deep
ravine by overhead fire ; Hogg’s Group was to co-operate
against the left of “ R ” trenches ; and the Reserve Groun
was to follow Lucas’ Group. ^
When the advance began, our supporting artillery opened
its barrage at a slow rate of fire for the first fifteen minutes
and then increased to an intense bombardment for fifteen
minutes. This fire was accurate and so effective that, under
its cover and that of our machine guns, our infantry were able
to advance practically without a check and with very few
casualties.* Some machine guns in “ Q” trenches gave the
left of our line a little trouble; but the commander of the
6 th Jats detached a company, which soon stormed the ridge
on which these machine guns were and captured four of them
with a battalion of the Turkish 169th Regiment (12 officers
and 250 rifles). The remainder of our infantry encountered
little opposition and overran “ R ” trenches, capturing four
guns and many prisoners.
As it grew dark our advanced infantry got somewhat
scattered m the broken ground and inter-communication
became difficult. At 8.20 p.m., therefore. General Andrew
issued orders for the troops to bivouac where they were; and
at 11.30 p.m., after visiting units, he issued orders for a further
advance at 5 a.m. next morning.
General Brooking with his headquarters had established
imself by 5.30 p.m. at a position (within two miles of Khan
i^aghdadi), from which he could see that the bombardment was
6 a ft er . sunse L the dust and growing darkness
^ temporary interruption of telephone communication
ma e it impossible for him to find out accurately what had
appened till about 9 p.m. Our own casualties had evidently
een light, air reports estimated that we had captured over
firp Ptww'* y o g , 0 l f0rward * nto Positions from which they could
the Slones iprp n ’ 800 ^ 2 ’ 200 yards ’ and . front of them farther* down
fire the rlnct ur . m ^ chl J le guns. In addition to the actual effect of this
infantry raised afforded a most efficient screen to our advancing
About this item
- Content
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
- Extent and format
- 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).
- Physical characteristics
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.
- Written in
- English in Latin script View the complete information for this record
Use and share this item
- Share this item
'HISTORY OF THE GREAT WAR BASED ON OFFICIAL DOCUMENTS. THE CAMPAIGN IN MESOPOTAMIA 1914-1918. VOLUME IV.' [82v] (169/540), British Library: India Office Records and Private Papers, IOR/L/MIL/17/15/66/4, in Qatar Digital Library <https://www.qdl.qa/archive/81055/vdc_100049244984.0x0000aa> [accessed 3 January 2025]
https://www.qdl.qa/en/archive/81055/vdc_100049244984.0x0000aa
Copy and paste the code below into your web page where you would like to embed the image.
<meta charset="utf-8"><a href="https://www.qdl.qa/en/archive/81055/vdc_100049244984.0x0000aa">'HISTORY OF THE GREAT WAR BASED ON OFFICIAL DOCUMENTS. THE CAMPAIGN IN MESOPOTAMIA 1914-1918. VOLUME IV.' [‎82v] (169/540)</a> <a href="https://www.qdl.qa/en/archive/81055/vdc_100049244984.0x0000aa"> <img src="https://iiif.qdl.qa/iiif/images/81055/vdc_100025551863.0x000001/IOR_L_MIL_17_15_66_4_0171.jp2/full/!280,240/0/default.jpg" alt="" /> </a>
This record has a IIIF manifest available as follows. If you have a compatible viewer you can drag the icon to load it.https://www.qdl.qa/en/iiif/81055/vdc_100025551863.0x000001/manifestOpen in Universal viewerOpen in Mirador viewerMore options for embedding images
Copyright: How to use this content
- Reference
- IOR/L/MIL/17/15/66/4
- Title
- 'HISTORY OF THE GREAT WAR BASED ON OFFICIAL DOCUMENTS. THE CAMPAIGN IN MESOPOTAMIA 1914-1918. VOLUME IV.'
- Pages
- front, back, spine, edge, head, tail, front-i, 2r:2v, 4r:186v, 188r:255v, back-i
- Author
- East India Company, the Board of Control, the India Office, or other British Government Department
- Usage terms
- Open Government Licence