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'HISTORY OF THE GREAT WAR BASED ON OFFICIAL DOCUMENTS. THE CAMPAIGN IN MESOPOTAMIA 1914-1918. VOLUME IV.' [163v] (331/540)
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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270 HISTORY OF THE WAR : MESOPOTAMIA
Early on the morning of the 23rd October General Lewin’s
column, having advanced from Tauq, entered Taza Khurmatli
without opposition and, gaining contact with an enemy detach
ment five miles to the northward, drove it back towards
Kirkuk. .
By the same morning, the forward concentration of General
Cobbe’s force was complete. On the previous day two of his
infantry brigades* had advanced and established themselves on
a line within about a mile of the enemy’s trenches at Fat-ha
gorge, to cover the positions which some of his artillery would
take up during the ensuing night and to allow of artillery
reconnaissance by the remainder.
On the morning of the 23rd General Cobbe’s force was
disposed as follows :—
Thirty-two guns (i.e., all except the mountain guns and those
with the 7th Cavalry Brigade) of the 18th Division Group were
in position on the left bank of the Tigris, covered by the 55th
Infantry Brigade.
On the crest of the Jabal Hamrin at Darb-al-Khail was a
column under General Nightingale consisting of one troop 32nd
Lancers, 2nd Mountain Artillery Brigade (eight guns), 8 th
Company Sappers and Miners and 54th Infantry Brigade, all
equipped with pack transport.
Moving north of the Jabal Hamrin to a water supply depotf
at the northern end of the Darb-al-Khail pass were the 7th
Cavalry Brigade and one section D/336th Battery R.F.A.
At Ain Nukhaila were one troop 32nd Lancers, 116th
Mahrattas (less two companies), 2nd Company Sappers and
Miners (less two sections), half the 55th Brigade machine gun
company and one section 8 th Light Armoqred Motor Battery.
The remainder of the 18th Divisional Group were in reserve.
The 11th Cavalry Brigade was on its way from the Tigris,
opposite Tikrit, to the northern exit of the Ain Nukhaila pass.
On the right bank of the Tigris, the 101st Heavy and 220th
Field Brigades of artillery were in position, covered by the line
of the 51st and 52nd Infantry Brigades. The remainder of the
17th Divisional Group were in reserve about Shuraimiya.
The Light Armoured Motor Brigade was at Abu Raj ash .
During the 23rd October the artillery, which was in position,
registered and engaged any enemy batteries that could be
located from the air, the enemy’s guns replying intermittently.
* The 55th on the left bank and the 52nd on the right bank.
I The water from local springs had been supplemented by water in tanks
sent on camels from the Tigris.
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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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