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'PAPERS RELATING TO THE MESOPOTAMIAN COMMISSION from SIR E. BARROW'S ROOM' [155r] (313/1386)
The record is made up of 1 file (687 folios). It was created in 1915-1918. It was written in English. The original is part of the British Library: India Office The department of the British Government to which the Government of India reported between 1858 and 1947. The successor to the Court of Directors. Records and Private Papers Documents collected in a private capacity. .
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this purpose.
On arrival the troops can be landed on Persian soil
at r»lhh&£a3ier&h or at Abadan Island, ostensibly to protect
the oil installation, but in reality to notify to the
Turks that we aieant business and to the Arabs that we were
ready to support then* So startling and unexpected a sign
of our power to strike would at once determine the atti~
tude of the Sheikhs of tuharmaeran and Koweit as well as
of Bin Saood and the support of tne Arabs would utterly
destroy all prospect of Turkish success either in Hesopot-
amia or in Kgypt. with the Arabs on out side a Jehad is
impossible, and our Indijin Frontier is safe from attack*
The force that we might thus despatch in the first
instance need not be large as it will be perfectly secure
from attack from the Basra Division in its position on
the left bank of the Shatt-el-Arab. I am of opinion that
it might be limited to:-
1 Brigs.de of the 6tfc Division
£ Mountain Batteries
2 Companies Sappers
If war breaks out it will be necessary to occupy Basra
at onoe *ind this force might not be sufficient for such
a purpose if the Baghdad troops had also been brought down
This contingency might be provided for by bringing the
necessary re infer coroents later on to Busldu (Kisha) where
they would be within two days sail of the Shatt-el-Arab*
We should thus have a foroe more than sufficient to deal
with any Turkish opposition south of Baghdad itself*
Apart from tho above considerations there is the fur
ther advantage that by employing tho 6th Division in this
enterprise we avoid an unpleasant dilemma* The 6th Division
was warned for service at the very outbreak of war and
should have been tho first to sail, but for military rea-
Wnptam
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This file contains working drafts of confidential prints, correspondence and telegrams from the room of Sir Edmund Barrow, Military Secretary in the India Office The department of the British Government to which the Government of India reported between 1858 and 1947. The successor to the Court of Directors. , collected for the Mesopotamian Commission which was convened to examine the causes of the besieging and surrender of the Indian Expeditionary Force in Kut-el-Amara [Al Kūt].
The papers cover a range of topics and include the following: General Townshend's assessment of the situation after the Battle of Kut-el-Amara; a précis of correspondence relating to the origins and development of the Mesopotamia expedition; and a collection (ff 396-399) of private telegrams between the Secretary of State for India and the Viceroy, prior to the outbreak of war with Turkey.
The file also includes some tables showing the strength of General Townshend's force at Ctesiphon (folio 111) as well as the Indian Expeditionary Force 'D' (In Mesopotamia) Troops of the 6th Poona Division (folio 114).
Correspondents include: General Sir John Nixon; Major-General Charles Vere Ferrers Townshend; the Viceroy of India; officials of the Admiralty; officials of the War Office.
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- 1 file (687 folios)
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The entries are recorded in chronological order from the front to the rear of the volume.
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Foliation: the foliation sequence (used for referencing) commences at the inside front cover with 1 and terminates at the last folio with 686; these numbers are written in pencil, are circled, and are located in the top right corner of the recto The front of a sheet of paper or leaf, often abbreviated to 'r'. side of each folio. Multiple additional mixed foliation/pagination sequences are present in parallel; these numbers are written in crayon and pencil; where they are written in pencil and circled, they are crossed through.
The file has one foliation anomaly, f 374A.
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- Title
- 'PAPERS RELATING TO THE MESOPOTAMIAN COMMISSION from SIR E. BARROW'S ROOM'
- Pages
- front, front-i, 2r:5v, 7r:89v, 91r:107v, 109r:130v, 131ar, 131r:134v, 135ar, 135ar, 135r:136v, 137ar, 137r:203v, 204ar, 204r:225r, 225ar, 225v:295v, 296ar, 296r:316v, 317ar, 317r:374v, 374ar:374av, 375r:405v, 406ar, 406r:562r, 562ar, 562v:623v, 624ar, 624r:686v, back
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