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'HISTORY OF THE GREAT WAR BASED ON OFFICIAL DOCUMENTS. THE CAMPAIGN IN MESOPOTAMIA 1914-1918. VOLUME IV.' [110r] (224/540)
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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TROOPS REORGANISED
175
proportion of divisional troops. In the same month the
heavy artillery was reorganised into three brigades, 38th, 74 th,
and 101st,* as part of Army Troops ; and these brigades
were attached, respectively, to the Illrd Corps, 15th Division
and 1st Corps. In April also the 31st Mountain Battery
arrived from India. The heavy British casualties in France
in March had necessitated an urgent call on India for additional
units for service overseas ; and, to help India, Mesopotamia
was called upon to provide a complete infantry company from
each of sixty Indian infantry battalions. In this way fifteen
trained battalions were furnished ready for immediate service
elsewhere ; while the sixty original battalions were filled up
with recruits from India.
Early in May the Turkish air unit in Mesopotamia was
reinforced by some new “ Scout ” machines, which resulted
in a marked increase of hostile aerial activity ; but it was
found that in the numerous air combats the enemy generally
broke away before a decision was obtained. Our air force was
also very active in reconnaissance, offensive operations and
photography. At the end of May the units of the 31st Wing,
Royal Air Force,f were located as under:—
30th Squadron—Baquba, Kifri and Ramadi;
63rd Squadron—Samarra ;
72nd Squadron—Baghdad, Samarra, Mirjana and
Hamadan ;
23rd Kite Balloon Company (51st and 52nd Sections)—
Baghdad, Samarra and Ramadi;
Aircraft Park—Baghdad.
* 38th Brigade. —2/104th Heavy Battery (60-pounders, horsedrawn),
269th Siege Battery (6-inch howitzers tractor-drawn) and 384th Siege Battery
(6-inch howitzers, horse-drawn).
l\th Brigade. —177th Heavy Battery (60-pounders, tractor-drawn), 257th
Siege Battery (6-inch howitzers, tractor-drawn) and 395th Siege Battery
(6-inch howitzers, tractor-drawn).
101s* Brigade. —2/86th Heavy Battery (60-pounders, horse-drawn), 157th
Heavy Battery (60-pounders, tractor-drawn), 159th Siege Battery (6-inch
howitzers, horse-drawn) and 246th Siege Battery (6-inch howitzers, tractor-
drawn).
| Designation changed on 1st April.
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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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