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'HISTORY OF THE GREAT WAR BASED ON OFFICIAL DOCUMENTS. THE CAMPAIGN IN MESOPOTAMIA 1914-1918. VOLUME IV.' [182r] (368/540)
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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SITUATION EVENING 28th OCTOBER
In this affair the British casualties amounted to about 140 of
wmch 112 were incurred by the 2nd Royal West Kent Regiment.
Men and animals were by this time greatly exhausted owing
to the heat of the day, the shortage of water and their recent
exertions. At 3.30 p.m. General Wauchope reported that his
infantry were consolidating the captured trenches and that their
patrols had been unable to keep up with the rapid retreat of
the enemy, most of whom had passed out of sight. He strongly
urged that his brigade should halt for the night near the West
Kent headquarters, where a good watering place was handy.
The 51st Infantry Brigade had started from its bivouac at
2 a.m., reached Qalat-al-Bint at 6.30 a.m. and, after halting
there for an hour for rest and water, had pushed on again. It
had been held in reserve during the attack.
Concurring in the necessity for rest and water* General
Leslie decided that the pursuit was not to be pressed further
that day.
The general situation at nightfall on the 28th October was
as follows.
The Turkish Tigris Group was between the 17th Division and
General Cassels’ force. The 18th Division barred its way
eastward across the river, and the difficult waterless country
was bound to hamper its escape westward as an organised force,
do the north of General Cassels’ force were two Turkish
detachments,| apparently of no great strength, one being near
Hadraniya and the other twelve miles further to the north.
Both appeared to be trying to advance southward.
With General Cassels were the 7th and 11th Cavalry Brigades
and the l/7th Gurkhas, a total of about 2,300 sabres, 800 rifles
and 12 guns, of which 100 sabres and 6 guns were on the left
bank of the Tigris. A/337th Field Battery was moving
towards the Hadraniya ford to join General Cassels but could
not cross till next morning, and the l/39th Gahrwalis had not
yet reached General Sanders position. The Light Armoured
Motor Brigade was about eight miles west of Sharqat.
With General Sanders, near the left river bank to the south
east of Huwaish, were the 53rd Infantry Brigade (less l/ 7 th
Gurkhas) and 16 guns (D/336th, C/337th, one section 341st and
-/ 86 th Batteries) and south of his position three troops 32nd
Lancers were watching the river line as far as Sharqat.
ho ;- e k° rses of one battery are said to have been without water for sixty
t As subsequently ascertained these were, respectively, the 13th Regiment
with two guns and the 14th Regiment with four guns, both of the 5th Division.
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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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