The Campaign in Mesopotamia : 1914-1918 / compiled at the request of the Government of India, under the direction of the Historical Section of the Committee of Imperial Defence by F.J. Moberly
- Bib ID:
- 447025
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- Book
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- Description:
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- London : His Majesty's Stationery Office, 1923-1927
- 4 volumes (ix, 402; xiv, 581; xii, 460; xvi, 447 pages, 50 leaves of plates) : illustrations, maps (part folded) ; 23 cm.
- Series:
- History of the Great War based on official documents by direction of the Historical Section of the Committee of Imperial Defence.
- Partial contents:
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- Maps folded in back pocket of volume 1: Frontispiece. The Middle East
- Map in pocket. Lower Mesopotamia
- Map 1. To illustrate operations described in chapter VI
- Map 2. To illustrate fighting near Qurna
- Map 3. To illustrate fighting near Shaiba
- Map 4. To illustrate operations in Persian Arabistan
- Map 5. To illustrate operations in the Akaika channel 27th Jun to 5th Jul 1915
- Map 6. To illustrate operations near Nasiriya 6th to 24th Jul 1915
- Map 7. To illustrate the battle of Kut, 28th Sept 1915.
- Maps folded in back pocket of volume 2: Frontispiece. The Middle East
- Map in pocket. Lower Mesopotamia
- Map 8. The Tigris from Kut Al Amara to Baghdad
- Map 9. The battle of Ctesiphon
- Map 10 (facing page 118). The affair of Umm at Tubul
- Map 11. The defence of Kut Al Amara, Dec 1915 to Apr 1916
- Map 12 (facing page 176). The fort at Kut, with special reference to the Turkish attack 24th Dec 1915
- Map 13. River Tigris between Ali Gharbi and Shumran
- Map 14. The action of Shaikh Saad, 6th to 9th Jan 1916
- Map 15. The action of the wadi
- Map 16. The first attack on Hanna, 21st Jan 1916
- Map 17. The attack on the Dujaila Redoubt, 8th Mar 1916
- Map 18 (facing page 522). To illustrate Tigris Corps operation order No. 26 dated 6th Mar 1916
- Map 19. Operations between 10th Mar & end of Apr 1916
- Map 20. The action of Bait Isa, 17th, 18th Apr 1916, and attack on Sannaiyat, 22nd Apr 1916.
- Maps folded in back pocket of volume 3: Map in pocket. The Middle East
- Map in pocket Upper Mesopotamia
- Map 21. Operations on the Tigris front, May to 12th Dec 1916
- Map 22. Operations on the Tigris, 13th Dec 1916 to 25th Feb 1917
- Map 23.Operations against the Hai Salient and the Dahra Bend positions and the passage of the Tigris, 11th Jan to 24th Feb 1917
- Map 24. British advance from Shumran to Bawl, 25th Feb to 6th Mar 1917
- Map 25. Operations resulting in the capture of Baghdad, 11th Mar 1917
- Map 26. Area north of Baghdad
- Map 27. (facing page 266) The action of Mushahida
- Map 28. (facing page 284) First action of the Jabal Hamrin
- Map 29. The affair of Duqma
- Map 30. (facing page 320) Operations about the Khalis Canal, 9th to 15th Apr 1917
- Map 31. (facing page 328) Passage of the Adhaim
- Map 32. Action of Istabulat
- Map 33. (facing page 364) Action of Adhaim.
- Maps folded in back pocket of volume 4: Frontispiece. The Middle East
- Map in pocket. Mesopotamia
- Map 34. Operations near Ramadi
- Map 35. Operations in the Jabal Hamrin, Oct & Nov 1917
- Map 36. Actions at Daur on 2nd & Tikrit on 5th Nov 1917
- Map 37. Operations on the Euphrates line Mar 1918
- Map 38. Action of Khan Baghdadi, 26th Mar 1918
- Map 39. Operations in the Kifri
- Kirkuk area, Apr & May 1918
- Map 40. Cavalry affair, 27th Apr 1918 & Action of Tuz Khurmatli, 29th Apr 1018
- Map 41. Operations of "Dunsterforce" 1918
- Map 42. Operations at Baku, Aug to Sep 1918
- Map 43. Operations on the Tigris, 18th to 30th Oct 1918
- Map 44. (facing page 314) Action by 7th Cavalry Brigade
- Map 45. Battle of Sharqat, 29th Oct 1918.
- Notes:
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- Folded maps in pockets in endpapers of each volume.
- List of maps and locations given in each volume near end of contents pages.
- Statement of responsibility and publication details on maps: Prepared in the Historical Section of the committee of Imperial Defence. Ordnance Survey.
- Publication date of maps ranges from 1922-1927.
- Includes indexes.
- Bibliography: v. 1, p. [x]; v. 2, p. xiv; v. 3, p. xii; v. 4, p. xvi.
- List of volumes of the British Official History available online. Address as at 29/05/2014: http://www.greatwar.co.uk/research/books/british-official-history-volumes.htm
- Subject:
- World War, 1914-1918 -- Campaigns -- Iraq
- Other authors/contributors:
- Also Titled:
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- Mesopotamia campaign, 1914-1918
- Official history of the war
- Copyright:
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- Until 2037 [Creator Date of Death + 70 Years]
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- Literary Dramatic Musical
- Presumed date of death of creator (latest date):
- 1967
- Published status:
- Published
- Publication date:
- 1927
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