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'HISTORY OF THE GREAT WAR BASED ON OFFICIAL DOCUMENTS. THE CAMPAIGN IN MESOPOTAMIA 1914-1918. VOLUME IV.' [102r] (208/540)
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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ADVANCE ON KIRKUK
163
rifles and 12 guns ; about and above Fat-ha, the XVIII Corps,*
230 sabres, 7,090 rifles and 63 guns ; and in the Erbil-Kirkuk-
Ruwandiz area, the XIII Corps, 270 sabres, 7,900 rifles and 40
guns. The XIII Corps (2nd and 6 th Divisions) was widely
dispersed, its distribution being thought to be as follows
Kirkuk-Altun Kopri, 120 sabres, 1,400 rifles and 12 guns ;
Frbil area, 1,250 rifles; Chemchemal—Sulaimaniya, 1,200
rifles and 4 guns (some of these might be reinforcing Kirkuk) ;
Saqqiz-Penjwin, 1,600 rifles (irregulars) ; Ruwandiz and
vicinity, 150 sabres, 2,450 rifles and 24 guns (part or all reported
as moving towards Urmia).
The advance of General Cayley’s force from Tuz Khurmatli
towards Kirkuk was to start on the 4th May. To co-operate
with this movement, the 1st Corps at Samarra was to detach a
mobile column to seize and occupy the Ain Nukhaila pass and
at the same time to move troops up both banks of the Tigris
to beyond Tikrit, whence they were to keep the Turkish
XVIII Corps under close observation, so as to take immediate
advantage of any enemy advance from Fat-ha made with the
object of relieving British pressure on Kirkuk.
The weather during the first week in May was stormy with
much rain. From the 1 st to the 3rd, General Cayley’s armoured
cars reconnoitred to the frontf and on the latter date encountered
a few Turks holding a position immediately to the south of
Taza Khurmatli. This force was still in its position on the 5th
May, when General Cayley’s advancing force camped for the
night at a point about two and a half miles north-east of Tauq.
But on the morning of the 6 th General Cayley occupied Taza
Khurmatli without opposition and his force continued its
advance, Column A gaining touch with the enemy about
two miles south-west of Kirkuk. In the evening very heavy
rain set in and Column A, after reconnoitring till after dark,
went into bivouac about four miles west of Kirkuk, while
Column B bivouacked seven miles north of Taza Khurmatli.
That night General Egerton reorganised his force into four
portions, each under his direct orders, i.e., 6 th Cavalry Brigade,
Cayley's Force, Lewin’s Force (concentrated near Taza
* 14th Division (3rd, 37th and 43rd Regiments) and 51st Division (7th
9th and 44th Regiments).
t They crossed the Tauq Chai by a bridge, left standing by the Turks, to
the north-east of Tauq.
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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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