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'HISTORY OF THE GREAT WAR BASED ON OFFICIAL DOCUMENTS. THE CAMPAIGN IN MESOPOTAMIA 1914-1918. VOLUME IV.' [179v] (363/540)
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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302 HISTORY OF THE WAR : MESOPOTAMIA
of the
Wadi
A seasonal or intermittent watercourse, or the valley in which it flows.
Muabba and a branch ravine. Well handled, and
making skilful use of the ground, the Hussars surprised the
enemy about 9.15 a.m. by suddenly coming into action dis
mounted against the left of his advancing infantry. These
at once fell back for some distance with considerable loss and
the Hussars continued to exploit their success with boldness
till about 10.30 a.m. when, threatened themselves by an
outflanking movement, they drew out of action. Their object
had been well effected at the cost of about 30 casualties. In
the meantime, General Cassels, hearing that the 7th Hussars
squadron to the north had been obliged to retire for about
a mile, had sent it a reinforcement of half a squadron of the
same regiment from the Tigris left bank.
The Turks to the south of General Cassels now changed
their tactics. They recommenced their frontal attack with
only a weak, widely-extended line advancing astride the road,
while their intention of turning General Cassels' right was
evident from the large columns seen two or three miles away
moving in that direction. To counter this, General Cassels
sent the 7th Hussars (less two squadrons) to prolong his right
flank to the north-westward and to cover the guns of “ W ”
Battery. These guns opened fire on the enemy columns,
apparently with good effect, but they continued to make
progress—though it was slow—past the British right; and
at 12.15 p.m. General Cassels had to extend his line further
to the north-west by sending the 23rd Cavalry to take up a
line on the right of the Hussars.
At 1 p.m. the situation was generally as follows. Two and
a half regiments of the 11th Cavalry Brigade were holding
a convex line some four miles long, the Guides Cavalry on the
left facing south astride the road, the 7th Hussars in the centre
facing southwest and the 23rd Cavalry facing the same way
on the right of the Hussars. The Light Armoured Motor
Brigade was operating against the enemy about four and
a half miles southwest of Huwaish. Groups of Turkish
infantry to the southwestward, totalling 2,500 to 3,000, were
moving north either trying to escape or to turn the British
right, and another 300 to 400 to the southward were advancing
widely extended towards the high ground south of the
Wadi
A seasonal or intermittent watercourse, or the valley in which it flows.
Muabba opposite the Guides Cavalry. Some of the Turkish
guns were taking the line of the 7th Hussars in enfilade. To
the north, a squadron and a half of the 7th Hussars and two
armoured cars were retiring southward very slowly before
an enemy detachment which was some two and a half miles
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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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