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'HISTORY OF THE GREAT WAR BASED ON OFFICIAL DOCUMENTS. THE CAMPAIGN IN MESOPOTAMIA 1914-1918. VOLUME IV.' [169v] (343/540)
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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282 HISTORY OF THE WAR : MESOPOTAMIA
infantry with guns and had been forced to retire. ^ The brigade
then swept to the northward, engaging enemy infantry and
transport columns on the road to Mosul apparently with good
effect. General Cobbe received news of its action at 5.45 a.m.
on the 26th. . . . t r
At 11 p.m. on the 25th October the dispositions of General
Cobbe’s force were as follows. r i
On the northern bank of the Little Zab the 11th Cavalry
Brigade was at Zarariya, the 7th Cavalry Brigade at Shumait
and the 53rd Infantry Brigade, with C/337th Battery, R.F.A.,
two miles from the Tigris junction. The bridging train, which
had been much delayed in its march from Fat-ha by the bad
road, did not reach the Little Zab till after dark. Six batteries
of the 18th Division artillery were south of the Little Zab,
almost opposite Mushak, with the 54tli Infantry Brigade, which
had moved forward from Fat-ha during the day, bivouacking
close by. Headquarters of the 18th Division were at Tel-ad-
Dhahab and the remainder of the division (less the Ain Nukhaila
detachment) were at Fat-ha, the greater part having been
employed during the day on road improvement.
The 51st Infantry Brigade covered a wide front on the Tigns
right bank. The Highland Light Infantry were holding the
advanced line astride the road and along broken hills to the
west of it at a point about a mile south of Mushak ; and in
rear of them in support were eight mountain guns. To the left,
about one and a half miles south-west of the Highland Light
Infantry, Colonel Coningham’s column of the l/10th Gurkhas,
four mountain guns and two machine gun sections was on the
crest of the Jabal Makhul* The remainder of the brigade group,
with 51st Brigade headquarters, were bivouacked on the road
about a mile in rear of the Highland Light Infantry. At Qala
Jabbar were the 17th Division headquarters, the 34th Infantry
Brigade (less 2nd Royal West Kent) and the 403rd and 404th
Field Howitzer Batteries. These two batteries, of which the
403rd was pushed forward during the night to join the 51st
Brigade Group, had been brought up only by dint of great
exertion and resolution. The 1064th and 1066th Field Batteries
had also, after great effort, got through the Fat-ha gorge, but
were still five miles short of Qala Jabbar. The remainder of the
17th Division Group were at, or south of, the gorge.
At 11 p.m. General Cobbe sent orders to the 18th Division ,•
to be ready to move at dawn and to send pat rols with machine
* The supply of this column had been extremely difficult owing to the nature
of the ground.
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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)
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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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