"دراسة نقدية عن الحملة في ميسوبوتاميا حتى أبريل ١٩١٧: الجزء I - تقرير" [ظ‎‎١‎٢‎٦] (٤٢٤/٢٥٧)

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(&) After dark tlie XIII Division will replace the VII Division on the
present advanced line between points respectively 600 and
1,200 yards north of the Tigris.
(c) The VII Division will concentrate on a front of 200 yards on and
behind their present advanced position between the point
1,200 yards north of Tigris on which the right of the XIII
Division will rest and the Suwaikiya Marsh.
3. The XIII Division will advance to the assault so as to reach the
enemy's 1st line between points 600 and 1,200 yards north of the Tigris
at 0445 to-morrow.
Ths Division will then press on to the 2nd and 3rd lines, consolidating
as they advance. They will clear 1 st, 2nd and 3rd lines lying to the north
and south of the area captured by the Division with bombing parties.
The front and flanks of the XIII Division will be marked by red flags
under the same arrangements as during the attack on Hanna.
The G. O. C.,XIII Division, will report to Corps Headquarters at what
hour he will be ready to advance beyond the enemy s 3rd line.
4. After 0445 on any outburst of hostile fire the VII Division will
assist the XIII Division by machine gun fire directed on the enemy
trenches and communication trench in the immediate front of the VII
Division. No rifle fire is to be permitted and special precautions will be
taken to avoid endangering the right flanks of the XIII Division.
5. Artillery on the left bank under the direct orders of G. O. C., XIII
Division, will be in readiness at 0445, 9th April 1916 to bombard the
enemy's 1st, 2nd and 3rd line trenches between the following
points :—
(i) From the Tigris to a point 300 yards north of the river.
(ii) From the line G. H. to Suwaikiya Marsh (T. C.-26).
When the left bank Artillery opens fire. Corps Artillery and III
Divisional Artillery on the right bank under orders of G. O. C., Ill Divi
sion, will bombard the enemy's 4th line (T. C.-26) B-S, B-18, B-9, B-10^
B-ll, B-12, B-15, B-4 and targets detailed by Corps Headquarters to the
west of that line also the communicating trench from T. to C.
They will also counter battery any hostile guns which open fire and
will prevent the enemy reinforcing his 4th line.
After the left bank Artillery has opened fire the III Division will
assist the assault of the XIII Division by machine gun fire on B-8, T.
B-18. B-9, B-7 and the communication trench fromT. to C. and on any
reinforcements of the enemy west of those fronts.
6. Wounded will be evacuated under Divisional arrangements to a
point immediately down stream of the bridge where they will be taken
over by A. D. M. S. Corps Troops,