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'HISTORY OF THE GREAT WAR BASED ON OFFICIAL DOCUMENTS. THE CAMPAIGN IN MESOPOTAMIA 1914-1918. VOLUME IV.' [‎136v] (277/540)

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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220 HISTORY OF THE WAR : MESOPOTAMIA
fifty rifles l/ 2 nd Gurkhas were despatched towards Mianeh
from Kazvin * On the 22nd a British aeroplane reconnaissance
over Tabriz observed no enemy movement south of Yusufabad
where there were twelve tents, while at Saidabad, ten miles
nearer Tabriz, there were thirty tents and two batteries. On
the 23rd, the British advanced patrols fell back for about
twelve miles when some 300-400 Turkish troops made an
advance of about ten miles from Yusufabad ; and on the
25th another detachment of the l/2nd Gurkhas (ninety rifles)
left Kazvin for Zenjan.
Although the Turks made no further advance on this line
for another fortnight, various reports were received, from
apparently trustworthy sources, that the Turkish IV Corps
intended to advance from Sauj Bulag by the two roads via
Saqqiz and Sain Kala. In consequence of this, the movement
towards the Caspian of the 2nd Field Battery, 7 th Gloucester
shire and one company 9th Worcestershire was stopped on
the 27th and 28th August, the battery being halted not far
from Kazvin and the other two units at Hamadan.
General Dunsterville had taken with him to Baku his
advanced headquarters only, leaving his main headquarters at
Kazvin, where General Lewin took over temporary command
of the troops south of the Caspian and charge of all operations
in North-West Persia under direct orders from Baghdad. On
the 29th August the General Staff at Kazvin appreciated the
situation as follows. Of the Turkish I Corps, the 11 th Caucasus
Division (4,250 rifles) was at Tabriz with detachments thrown
sou ^” eas t war d' an d the 9th Caucasus Division
( ,000 rifles) was on the line of communication between
Alexandropol and Julfa. The 5th Division (4,000 rifles) of
t eir IV Corps was south of Urmia, with advanced detachments
m o^ dS Bulag ’ Miandab and Sa in Kala, the 12th Division
( , IX) rules) was near Dilman, and a mounted brigade was in
^ q ^ 3 Bulag " Miandab area - Tb e greater part of the 15th
^ dbth h * 1 visions were in reserve at Alexandropolt and the
bt ^ Dl 1 vls i on was m the Ruwandiz-Saqqiz-Sauj Bulag area. For
a ui t sh advance the Tabriz-Mianeh-Kazvin, Miandab-Sain
a a anc bauj Bulag-Saqqiz roads were the only ones fit for
w ee e and mechanical transport, the remainder being
and the rnZnZS™* beIon / ed f to th « 13th Brigade, R.F.A., recently arrive.
Column. tain guns and ^fantry were furnished from the Mobile Mote
these^two iafori f 1 ^fi on if is doubtful whether the greater part of
Place been Sen T n hen moved towards the B aku front and their
place been taken by the 10th Caucasus Division.

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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
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).

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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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'HISTORY OF THE GREAT WAR BASED ON OFFICIAL DOCUMENTS. THE CAMPAIGN IN MESOPOTAMIA 1914-1918. VOLUME IV.' [‎136v] (277/540), 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_100049244985.0x00004e> [accessed 18 January 2025]

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