OFFICIAL HISTORY OF THE GREAT WAR. THE CAMPAIGN IN MESOPOTAMIA. 1914-1918 VOL IV

An account of the campaign from May 1917 to the armistice on 31 October 1918. Appendices give British order of batttle on various occasions.

This volume takes the story of the campaign from May 1917 to the conclusion of hostilities and the armistice with Turkey, which came into force on 31st October 1918. It begins with a very useful chronological summary of the campaign in Mesopotamia showing the respective periods and details of operations covered by each of the four volumes which constitute the history of the campaign. An extensive appendix gives details of the distribution of the troops of the Mesopotamia Expeditionary Force as on 27th May 1917 and, in the following appendix, compares the order of battle of the Turkish Sixth Army and its strength in rifles, sabres and MGs on 17th August 1917.The narrative opens with the description of the Euphrates operations and the British victory at Ramadi under General Maude, who tragically died of cholera on 18th November 1917. A very able commander, he was a great loss. Other operations described in this volume include NW Persia and the Dunsterville Force; in Kurdistan and on the shores of the Caspian (occupation and defence of Baku); and the advance on Mosul. Only one British division, the 13th (Western), served in Mesopotamia compared with nine Indian divisions (including one cavalry). Total casualties amounted to 92,501of whom 14,814 were killed in action or died of wounds while 12,807 died of disease. Appendices also give the distribution of the Mesopotamia Expeditionary Force on various dates and list the principal officers (brigadier-generals and above) in the Force on 1st December 1917 and 1st November 1918. There is a good index.

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Product Code:	6398
Author:	Brig Gen F.J. Moberly
Format:	1997 IWM/Battery Press reprint. (original pub 1927). HB. xvi + 447pp + 12 maps and 17 b/w illus.
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