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'HISTORY OF THE GREAT WAR BASED ON OFFICIAL DOCUMENTS. THE CAMPAIGN IN MESOPOTAMIA 1914-1918. VOLUME IV.' [156v] (317/540)
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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CHAPTER XLIV.
BRITISH ADVANCE UP THE TIGRIS ; ACTIONS AT FAT-HA GORGE
AND ON THE LITTLE ZAB.
(MAP 43.)
O N the 30th September General Marshall reported that he
estimated the strength and dispositions of the Turkish
forces on the Mesopotamia front to be as follows :—
Euphrates line, with headquarters at Ana and outposts
at Alus ; 1st Composite Cavalry Regiment, one horse and
one field battery, one 10 • 5 cm. gun, 24th Infantry Regi
ment, an engineer company and gendarmerie—total 630
sabres, 9 guns and 1,165 rifles.
Line of Communication, Mosul {exclusive) — Nisibin:
200 sabres (31st Cavalry) and 100 gendarmerie.
Jabal Sinjar ; 100 gendarmerie and 3 guns.
Mosul; Headquarters of Sixth Army and of Line of
Communication, 350 sabres, 20 guns, 335 rifles and some
depot formations.
Tigris line, in the Fat-ha positions, with outposts about
Shuraimiya and headquarters at Humr : 14th Division
(divisional squadron, divisional artillery of ten field
batteries, 7th, 9th and 43rd Infantry Regiments, and
divisional assault, signal and engineering companies), two
batteries 15 cm. howitzers, one battery 10-5 cm. howitzers,
one 10-5 cm. gun, one mountain battery, one section
anti-aircraft guns. No. 2 Flying Detachment and some line
of communication details=total 130 sabres, 59 guns,
3,465 rifles and 100 machine guns.
Kirkuk line, Headquarters at Kirkuk with advanced
detachments at Tauq and Chemchemal: 2nd Division
(divisional squadron, divisional artillery of four and a half
field batteries, 1st, and two battalions 18th, Infantry
Regiments and divisional assault, signal and engineer
companies), one battery 10-5 cm. howitzers, one section
mountain guns, one section anti-aircraft guns, No. 13
Flying Detachment and some line of communication
details = total 310 sabres, 26 guns, 1,740 rifles and
40 machine guns.
Sulaimaniya Group, with detachments on the Halebja-
Penjwin line : one frontier battalion, the 3/18th Infantry
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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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