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'HISTORY OF THE GREAT WAR BASED ON OFFICIAL DOCUMENTS. THE CAMPAIGN IN MESOPOTAMIA 1914-1918. VOLUME IV.' [104v] (213/540)
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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166 HISTORY OF THE WAR : MESOPOTAMIA
Kopri where a big explosion occurred about 7 p.m. At dark,
General Holland-Pryor withdrew in accordance with his orders,
his only casualties having been 7 wounded. Reconnaissance
next day showed no signs of any enemy to the south of the Little
Zab
Concurrently with General Egerton’s operations, troops from
the 1st Corps had moved forward to the vicinity of likrit and
to the Ain Nukhaila pass ; but the bad weather stopped
attempts by armoured cars to move from Am Nukhaila to
Kirkuk As a result of the constant reconnaissances* of the
Fat-ha area by the 1st Corps aeroplanes, armoured cars and
troops it appeared that the Turks had withdrawn many of
their advanced troops, leaving the Fat-ha position only lightly
held. But we were not prepared for further operations and
on the 15th May the columns of the 1st Corps, which had
moved forward, started to withdraw and by the end of the
month were back in their positions about Samarra.
On the 10th May, replying to Generals Marshalls and
Monro’s telegrams of the 2nd and 3rd, the War Office explained
that its telegram of the 29th April had been sent without a
full knowledge of General Marshall’s maintenance difficulties.
The main object, in order to ease the situation in Persia, was
to strike hard at, and keep up the maximum pressure on,
Turkish forces within reach ; and it was left to General Marshall
to decide whether he could do this best by operations °n the
Kirkuk or the Tigris line. For the latter an extension of the
railway to Tikrit would be approved. (
The War Office said that General Dunsterville s operations
must be regarded as a necessary part of the policy to be
adopted, and their success would depend on the pressure whic
General Mamhall could exert on the Turkish forces. It was
obvious that General Dunsterville could neither make good the
Caspian nor deny Persia to the enemy, if the Turks continued
to enjoy full liberty of action in and through Persian Az e r t>aiJ^
and the size and mobility of Dunsterforce was limited by the
amount of transport which General Marshall could m
available without sacrificing the efficiency of the force necessary
to establish British influence among the southern Kurds ana
to clear out the enemy on General Dunsterville s le t an .
As the tribal situation in South Kurdistan seemed favouraDie,
the maintenance of a British force well forward there might
develop Kurdish co-operation to an important extent.
* The enemy positions were also harassed by frequent air bombardments.
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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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