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'HISTORY OF THE GREAT WAR BASED ON OFFICIAL DOCUMENTS. THE CAMPAIGN IN MESOPOTAMIA 1914-1918. VOLUME IV.' [93v] (191/540)
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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148 HISTORY OF THE WAR : MESOPOTAMIA
advancing northward via Ain Laila was on tlie 27 t h, to
surprise and destroy the Turkish force at Tuz Khurmath and
Yaniia Buyuk. Column C, which was not to advance from
the Diyala till the 26th, was to close on Qara Tepe on the
27th and hold the enemy to his position there, while Column
B 2 having advanced via Narin Kopri, was to be disposed
so as to prevent the enemy withdrawing to the north-west
from Oara Tepe. On the left. Column D was to demonstrate
against Abu Gharaib so as to induce the Turkish force there
to occupy its positions on the Jabal Hamrin facing south and
thus enable Column B.l to surprise and destroy it by an
advance from Umr Maidan early on the 27th.
By evening of the 26th April General Egerton’s columns had
rparhpd the following positions :—
General Egerton’s headquarters—Ain Laila,
Column C—Sadda,
Column B.2—Narin Kopri*
Column B.l—Umr Maidan (accompanied by a detachment
" under Colonel Crocker, 8 th Cheshire, from B.2.),
Column A.—Three to six miles north of Umr Maidan,*
Column D—In contact with the enemy south of Abu
Gharaib.
On the morning of the 26th an air report indicated some enemy
withdrawal towards Kifri from Qara depe. But later reports
showed no signs of any general Turkish retrograde movement,
and Column A only encountered small enemy patrols during
^Durhig the night of the 26th/27th, the different columns,
experiencing difficulty owing to the squally and rainy weather,
advanced in the following directions—Column C on Qara Tepe,
Column B.2 on Umr Maidan, Colonel Crocker s detachment on
Abu Aliq, Column A on Tuz Khurmatli and Column B.l
towards Abu Gharaib. The move of Colonel Crocker s detach
ment was intended to head off any enemy withdrawal to the
north-westward from Qara Tepe ; and Column B.l was to
attack, in co-operation with Column D, the Abu Gharaib
detachment at 6 a.m. on the 27th. But during the night the
Turks withdrew rapidly from Qara Tepe towards Kifri and from
Abu Gharaib towards Tuz Khurmatli; and on the morning
* Column B.2. constructed a bridge across the Narin at Narin Kopri and
Column A constructed a bridge across the Lesser Naft at a point a ^ > “ t d
miles north of Umr Maidan, whence a track led north-eastward to Kulawan
and Tuz Khurmatli.
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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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