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'HISTORY OF THE GREAT WAR BASED ON OFFICIAL DOCUMENTS. THE CAMPAIGN IN MESOPOTAMIA 1914-1918. VOLUME IV.' [189r] (382/540)
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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17th DIVISION ATTACK
317
mile south of the Highland Light Infantry with the field artillery
in position to their rear and the mountain artillery about a
mile to the west. At 4 p.m., when the artillery bombardment
commenced, the 45th Sikhs started to advance, on a frontage
of eight hundred yards, from a point about three thousand
yards from the enemy’s trenches. The 114th Mahrattas, on a
frontage of five hundred yards, followed the Sikhs at a distance
of about a thousand yards and in rear of the Mahrattas came
the 112th Infantry, the 2nd Royal West Kent Regiment being
kept back as Brigade Reserve. The strength of these four
battalions were approximately 45th Sikhs 530 rifles, 114th
Mahrattas 520 rifles, 112th Infantry 350 rifles, and West Kents
300 rifles.
The Sikhs at once came under heavy shell fire, which, however,
had little effect. At about 4.45 p.m., as they passed through
the left of the Highland Light Infantry, the 45th came under
machine gun fire also. Two ravines ran right across the front ;
and while traversing the first of these the Sikhs lost direction
by inclining too much to the left, arriving about 5 p.m. at the
crest line on the north side of the first ravine, in front of the
l/10th Gurkha line and between it and some of the Gurkha
patrols. The two leading companies 114th Mahrattas were close
in rear of the 45th Sikhs, with the other two Mahratta companies
some six hundred yards further back. Visibility was bad and
much dust was flying about. As the Sikh line topped the crest
our bombardment ceased, the enemy machine gun fire increased,
some Very lights* were fired and suddenly about 1,000 Turkish
infantry rose from their trenches and swept down on the Sikhs.
The latter, widely extended, and the two leading Mahratta
companies were driven back. But the two rear Mahratta
companies stood firm and stopped the Turkish advance, which
further westward had also been stopped by the l/10th Gurkhas
reinforced by the 14th Sikhs.
In the growing darkness there was considerable confusion,
but the 114th Mahrattas, well handled by their commanding
officer,f regained the crest line north of the ravine. In the mean
time, the 112th Infantry, unable to see what had happened
owing to the clouds of dust, had continued to advance and,
passing to the left of the Mahrattas, pushed on under the
impression that our first line was still in front of them. They
encountered no opposition until they got near the second ravine,
* As these lights were not fired by our infantry they must have been fired
by the enemy.
f Lieutenant-Colonel C. E. H. Wintle.
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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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