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'HISTORY OF THE GREAT WAR BASED ON OFFICIAL DOCUMENTS. THE CAMPAIGN IN MESOPOTAMIA 1914-1918. VOLUME IV.' [190r] (384/540)
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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TURKISH SURRENDER
319
17th Division, the whole of the Turkish Tigris group
surrendered, its commander, Ismail Hakki Bey, giving himself
up to Lieutenant-Colonel Shoubridge, 112th Infantry, at
7.30 a.m.
Soon after 8 a.m. General Cassels, whose force was advancing
southwards, learnt that the whole enemy force had surrendered
and ordered the 7th Cavalry and Light Armoured Motor
Brigade under General Norton to sweep northwards at once
and capture any stray enemy bodies. This task these brigades
proceeded to carry out with energy, dash and skill. They came
upon an enemy detachment near Qaiyara, about sixteen miles
north of Huwaish, where, by means of an encircling movement
and a bold charge by the 14th Lancers, some 200 Turks, 10
machine guns and a camel gun were captured. Moving on again,
a paddle steamer, much material and many stores were captured
at Qaiyara. The 13th Lancers then sighted a convoy moving
north. They galloped after it and captured about 1,000 men of
the Turkish 14th Regiment. General Norton’s force bivouacked
for the night at Qaiyara, having suffered only seven casualties
during the day.
Between the 18th and 30th October General Cobbe’s force
captured 11,322 prisoners, 51 guns and 130 machine guns,
besides three steamers and much ammunition and other w r ar
material. The total British casualties during the same period
were 1,886, of which 1,504 were incurred by the 17th Division.
Although the difficulties of supply of food, water and ammuni
tion had proved to be very much greater than had been anti
cipated and although some temporary deviations from his plan
had occurred, General Cobbe’s hopes of destroying the greater
part of the Turkish forces covering Mosul had been fulfilled
in the most striking manner. The Turks had been out
manoeuvred and surrounded, with the result that their Sixth
Army had almost ceased to exist. In fact, but for the armistice,
its remnants must soon either have surrendered or retreated,
for they could not have hoped to hold Mosul.
The daring and brilliant leadership of Generals Cassels and
Norton and the gallantry in action of their brigades ; the
excellent work of the armoured cars ; the fine marching and
skilful co-operation of General Fanshawe’s division; the
dogged endurance and courage of General Leslie’s men ; the
energy and resource of the staff and adminstrative services,
hampered throughout by the shortage of transport, the bad
roads, and the distance from railhead ; all had contributed to
the complete success which had been gained.
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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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- 'HISTORY OF THE GREAT WAR BASED ON OFFICIAL DOCUMENTS. THE CAMPAIGN IN MESOPOTAMIA 1914-1918. VOLUME IV.'
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- front, back, spine, edge, head, tail, front-i, 2r:2v, 4r:186v, 188r:255v, back-i
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