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'HISTORY OF THE GREAT WAR BASED ON OFFICIAL DOCUMENTS. THE CAMPAIGN IN MESOPOTAMIA 1914-1918. VOLUME IV.' [164r] (332/540)
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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FAT-HA GORGE CAPTURED 271
On th e left bank it appeared to the 55 th Infantry Brigade
about midday that hostile activity to its front had decreased
and it sent forward patrols. But these found the enemy still
occupying his trenches. At 2 p.m. the 54 th Brigade Group
started to advance along the crest of the Jabal Hamrin, where P
owing to the winding nature of the path, the distance to be
traversed proved to be nearly twice as long as it appeared from
the map. Various defensive positions were found to be un
occupied and no opposition having been encountered the
6°30 p E P ° mt ab ° Ut SiX mileS from the Z OT S e at
At 9.30 P-m-, when the moon rose, a strong reconnoitring
party from the 55th Infantry Brigade advanced and at 1 a m
reported that the trenches on the left bank were empty The
brigade then at once moved forward and occupied the mouth of
the gorge In the meantime, the 54th Brigade Group had also
restarted its advance at 9.30 p.m. and it entered the enemy's
position at 1 30 a.m. The night march of the 7 th Cavalry
Brigade round the enemy’s left was also carried out without
opposition, a point about three miles north-east of Fat-ha beinp
reached at 3.30 a.m. on the 24th. ^
nr,?T? b !? k c°t Ur infantr y made n o advance till dusk
on the 23rd, when the 51st and 52nd Infantry Brigades advanced
eir line for about half a mile and all three brigades of field
artillery moved forward into positions to support the attack
at dawn by the 18th Division. During th? night, enemy
piquets on the right bank continued firing until 3.30 a.m
ua u j a ' m ; , lt was definitely ascertained that the enemy
had abandoned his position on this bank also ; and his trenches
were occupied by our infantry at daybreak*.
The enemy’s speedy evacuation of his whole position came as
a surprise to the British. General Cobbe had hoped that an
assault on the Turkish right bank positions would hot prove
necessary and that the successful action of the 18th Division
Group on the left bank on the 24th would lead to a general
enemy retirement. But the retirement on the right bank took
place twenty-four hours earlier than had been anticipated
At 5.30 a.m. on the 24th October, the 7th Cavalry Brigade
sent out a detachment (13th Lancers, two R.H.A. guns and a
S un section) to cover its right flank, and did not learn
till 6.30 a.m., after it had sent the 14th Lancers towards the
enemy position on the Jabal Hamrin, that the Turks had retired
* Sunrise was about 6.10 a.m.
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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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- front, back, spine, edge, head, tail, front-i, 2r:2v, 4r:186v, 188r:255v, back-i
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