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'HISTORY OF THE GREAT WAR BASED ON OFFICIAL DOCUMENTS. THE CAMPAIGN IN MESOPOTAMIA 1914-1918. VOLUME IV.' [148v] (301/540)
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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242 HISTORY OF THE WAR : MESOPOTAMIA
He replied that he thought that the enemy had broken the
line to the north of Wolf’s Gap and had gained the ridge over
looking the town. As this report was not verified, Colonel
Keyworth ordered Captain Bollington (“ A ” Company, North
Staffordshire) to proceed to Wolf’s Gap and report on the
situation. In the meantime, Major Ley, in conference with
Major Dayrell, decided to move his reserve company towards
Wolf’s Gap ; but before he could do so, he received orders
(about 6.35 a.m.) from Colonel Keyworth to move back into
the town. Captain Bollington had found all correct at Wolf’s
Gap and an official report to Colonel Keyworth from the
Russian General Staff said that the line was intact. At the
same time Colonel Keyworth had received information from
Colonel Faviell that an enemy attack was developing against
the Baladjari sector. In point of fact, though the line at Wolf’s
Gap and for half-a mile north of it was intact, the enemy really
had broken through about a mile or so further to the north.
In the Baladjari sector, though the firing from the direction
of Wolf’s Gap had been heard, all had been quiet till about
6 a.m., when the Worcestershire drove back a small Turkish
patrol seen in the vicinity of Warwick Castle. Not long after
this several hundred of the enemy were seen advancing towards
Baladjari and, though by about 7 a.m. they were checked by
the fire of the Worcestershire and Warwicks at a distance of
about 1,200 yards from the line of defence, other enemy move
ments near Binagadi and the heavy firing from Wolf’s Gap
direction showed Colonel Faviell that a serious attack was in
progress. At 7.40 a.m. he heard from British headquarters
that Major Ley’s reserve had been withdrawn to the town,
but he could get no information regarding the situation on the
left flank. He then informed Colonel Keyworth’s staff officer
that from the heavy firing he concluded that the main attack
was directed against Wolf’s Gap and that the attack on
Baladjari was only a feint, which he could easily deal with.
At 7.45 a.m. Colonel Keyworth, receiving definite information
from Major Dayrell that the enemy was in possession of the
ridge north of Wolf’s Gap (from which the Armenian battalions
were retreating), ordered him to get in touch with Major Ley
and use the reserve to restore the situation. This Major
Dayrell was unable to do; but Colonel Keyworth intercepted
Major Ley before he reached the town with orders to move
to the high ground to the south-west of the town, so as to prevent
the enemy from extending his gains to the south and occupying
the ridge immediately above the town.
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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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