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'HISTORY OF THE GREAT WAR BASED ON OFFICIAL DOCUMENTS. THE CAMPAIGN IN MESOPOTAMIA 1914-1918. VOLUME IV.' [148r] (300/540)
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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DEFENSIVE DISPOSITIONS
241
Armenian battalions in rear, in reserve, at the headquarters
of the Left Section of the defence (Colonel Beg Surab).
Bicharakoff’s men held the left of the Right Section of the
defence, which included the angle where the line turned east.
On their right " A " and “ C ” Companies of the Worcestershire
held a line, about two miles long, which passed Baladjari
Station and village, with “ B ” Company in local reserve. The
Warwicks (less a company) continued the line to the right as
far as the Beyuk Salt Marsh, their fourth company (100 strong
under Captain Bushell) being in reserve at 39th Brigade Head
quarters on the Baku-Binagadi road about one-and-a-half
miles south of Baladjari. “ D ” Company of the North
Staffordshire (50 strong under Major Havelock) was also in
reserve about two miles west of Brigade Headquarters. Four
field batteries, including one of howitzers and the British 8 th
Battery, were with the Right Section of the defence.
On the right of the Warwicks, the south bank of the Beyuk
Salt Marsh was held by an Armenian battalion and at the
defile immediately to the east of it were posted four of the
Dunsterforce armoured car machine guns. Two of the Dunster-
force armoured cars were at Baladjari and the third was in
reserve at Baku. The extreme right of the line, which was
threatened by enemy mounted troops, was covered by a force
of about 500 Armenian infantry, a cavalry squadron, a battery
and three Russian armoured cars.
The above statement does not take into account the dis
positions of a large part of the local forces, as these were never
known to the British and never accorded with the orders issued
to them.
For about an hour after midnight (13th/14th September)
firing was heard, apparently from about one-and-a-half miles
north of Wolf’s Gap. But no information was obtainable
concerning it, and a patrol sent out by “ B ” Company North
Staffordshire found nothing to report. At 4.30 a.m. a con
siderable amount of firing was again heard from the same
direction, but no information about it could be obtained ;
and it gradually subsided, only to break out again in increased
volume about an hour later. It had been a very dark and misty
night and, when day broke, the mist in the Wolf’s Gap region,
which grew thicker for two or three hours, rendered it im
possible to see for any distance. All the British commanders
reported all quiet on their immediate fronts, so Colonel
Key worth asked for information from Major Dayrell, liaison
officer with the headquarters of the Left Section of Defence.
(19465) R
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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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