"أوراق متعلقة بلجنة بلاد الرافدين من غرفة السير إ. بارو" [ظ‎‎٤‎٢‎٥] (١٣٨٦/٨٦١)

situation, but cannot send them up by river craft without seriously endangering
supply question. I shall go up myself at tirst opportunity.
<ho
No. 57.
lelegram from General Laltc to Chief of General Staff, India
dated 23rd January 1910.
(29/30/0. ' 22 nd. Tigris line, 20 th January (sic). Aylmer reports 8.45 „ m
ia ie ebtnnates force opposed to him on 21 st amounted to 9,000 infantry an j
nnnfi mlS ' f ° Ur not at P reseut “ condition to assault again Certain
number ol wounded have been brought in, and dead buried during armistice wht
O fronts thei^trenfw 1 ' TUrkS t0 ° k mto their lines our mounded from immediately
to send backtlll-S reinforcmllnts ." 1 PreSOnt P0Si,i ° n ’ aud
No. 58.
Telegram from Secretary of State for India to Sir V. Lahc
dated 23rd January 1910.
. 9 0U , r Iclegrams of the 22 nd. I deeply regret to learn of heavy losses suffered i„
Aylmer s forces. I am confident that General Aylmer and Ids crallant 9 n
Telegram from} iceroy to Secretary of State for India
dated 23rd /January 1910
might be laid on the torrential rains and floods as hsvino- Emphasis
ment to Aylmer’s advance and canture nf n efr- i r b rov( : c ! ^ serious impedi-
deprecate announcement of our total casualties wlfeu bnn'' ,G< P, 03 ' 1 "; 11 ' 1 w01ll(! a| so
No. 00.
Tclc m ,n from General Force / A” to Chief of General Staff India
dated 24tu January 1910 . J a ’
advance is impossible at present’ - Troops 1 'are' y not A ii! ,!1 o r^ 8 23rd that further
position again and no reason to believe Turks G - ouc ! ltlon to assault enemy’s
opposed to him. In accordance with my orders i U . . seri0lls b' weakened numbers
m present position and sending back all craft evopn/t ^ 1S entreu ching on both banks
with him. I hope by the 7th of February to hn vp * W ° steamers which are necessary
eight and a half battalions, two company of ^ or four batteries,
details at Sheik Saad as father reTnforcements UWK ^ i Mm 1 ers and some 5,000
not yet been able to give details of casualties in fiohtim^mrb'^T'l' Aylmer has
tn igade alone casualties were over 1,000 ° on w ^ s b but states in one
2 'elegram from Viceroy to Secretary of State for India
dated ^ith Januarn 101C