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'HISTORY OF THE GREAT WAR BASED ON OFFICIAL DOCUMENTS. THE CAMPAIGN IN MESOPOTAMIA 1914-1918. VOLUME IV.' [180v] (365/540)
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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304 HISTORY OF THE WAR : MESOPOTAMIA
General Norton was directed to piquet the enemy detachment
to the north for the night and to extend the right of General
Cassels’ line round to the Tigris above the ford, keeping the
bulk of his brigade in reserve near the ford. He was also to
be prepared next morning, first to dispose of the enemy detach
ment to the north and then to co-operate on General Gassels'
right flank.
About 5.15 p.m. the two squadrons Guides Cavalry in
reserve were sent to relieve the 7th Hussars (less two squadrons),
who then moved back into reserve. By this time the Turkish
force from the south-west had ceased to move in a northerly
direction, and, facing practically along the whole 11 th Cavalry
Brigade front, was engaged in an active fire-fight. The Turkish
right was on a bluff near the Tigris south-east of Huwaish and
their left about two miles north-west of that place. The
fighting on this line continued till well after dark.
During the 28th October the 11 th Cavalry Brigade had incurred
over 100 casualties among officers and men* and a good many
more among its horses. Its successful defence owed much to
the accurate fire of “ W” Battery, R.H.A., under Major A. H.
Macllwaine, and to the fire power conferred on it by its sixty
machine guns. No. 63 Squadron, R.A.F., had also rendered
much assistance by repeatedly bombing and machine-gunning
the enemy.
The march of about forty-five miles by the 7th Cavalry
Brigade had been a good performancef and its arrival had been
most timely. The crossing of the Hadraniya ford, during
which several men and horses were drowned, was continued
till after dark. But even then “ V ” Battery, R.H.A., and one
squadron 13th Hussars had to remain for the night on the left
bank. At 9 p.m. the l/39th Gahrwalis, each man carrying 170
rounds of rifle ammunition and a bomb, and the 238th Machine
Gun Company reached General Sanders’ position after a fine
march of thirty-four miles. They were then sent on to the
ferry, which they reached at about 11 p.m., ready to cross and
join General Cassels early next morning.
To turn to the 17th Division. General Wauchope’s column
had advanced from Qalat-al-Bint at 3 a.m. on the 28th October,
the enemy being reported to be holding an entrenched position
about eleven miles to the north-northwest. The presence of
enemy parties in the neighbourhood of Qalat-al-Bint had also
been reported the previous evening and this necessitated
* The 7th Hussars contributed 70 and Guides Cavalry 32.
t It left Fat-ha at 1 a.m. and had crossed the Little Zab by 7.15 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
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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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