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Catalogue reference: ADM 137/204/5
This record is about the Volume V, Mesopotamia river operations, January to May 1917, (folios 239-266). Folio... dating from 1917 in the series Admiralty: Historical Section: Records used for Official History, First World War. It is held at The National Archives, Kew.
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Volume V, Mesopotamia river operations, January to May 1917, (folios 239-266).
Folio 239: Contents.
Folio 240: List of Maps, Volume V (all filed in ADM 137/206).
Folios 241-242: Preface.
Folios 243-244: Introductory remarks, also includes an appreciation of the situation by General Stanley Maude, 1917.
Folios 245-265: Narrative of events covering: development of Basra and transport department, (folios 245-246); establishment of Naval depot at Basra, (folios 246-247); situation on Tigris front 1 January 1917, (folios 247-248); operations in Khaidari Bend, (folios 248-249); unsuccessful assault on Sanniyat 17 February 1917, (folio 250); our troops occupy Sanniyat 2 February 1917, (folio 250); our troops cross the Tigris at Shumran 23 February 1917, (folio 251); gunboats arrival at Kut 24 February 1917, (folios 251-252); action near Immam Mahdi, (folios 252-253); gunboat flotilla pursuit 26 February 1917, (folios 253-254); recapture of HMS Firefly 26 February 1917, (folio 255); arrival at Azizieh 1 March 1917, (folio 256); battle of the Dialah 7-8 March 1917, (folios 256-257); arrival at Baghdad railway station, (folios 257-260); operation North of Baghdad, (folio 260); operations on Euphrates 19 March 1917, (folio 260); Karun, (folio 260); Euphrates operations, (folios 260-261); Tigris Front April 1917, (folio 261); additions to Flotilla, (folios 261-262); battle of Ramadie 29 September 1917, (folio 262); capture of Tikrit November 1917, (folio 262); death of General Stanley Maude November 1917, (folio 262); campaign in Suria and Palestine, (folios 262-263); capture of Kalat Shergat 28 October 1917, (folio 263); end of Mesopotamian campaign, (folio 263); concluding remarks, (folios 264-265).
Folio 266: Glossary of local names and terms, (folio 266).
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Admiralty: Historical Section: Records used for Official History, First World War
Mesopotamia River Operations, 1914-1917, Part 1, report. (Described at item level).
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