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'Critical Study of the Campaign in Mesopotamia up to April 1917: Part I - Report' [152r] (308/424)
The record is made up of 1 volume (208 folios). It was created in 1925. 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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251
26th October 1916.
From—The Commander-in-Chief in India, Basra,
To—The Chief of the Imperial General Staff, War Office, London.
Concerning the role assigned to this force.
An entirely passive attitude would in my judgment be unprofit
able and bad for the troops. I realise fully that visions of Baghdad
are beyond our sphere, and hold out no special advantages. But whilst
dismissing such a project much might be done here which would enhance
our prestige to a great degree, ease the supply question, and hearten
the troops.
Maude would deprive the Turks of the supplies coming from the
vicinity of the Hai, if he were to move forward his left on to that river,
and very likely would manoeuvre them out of their position on the right
bank of the Tigris. Having sealed the Hai, a forward movement to
Samawa from Nasiriya could be made with very little risk. From
Samawa greater control would be exercised by us over all tribesmen,
and confidence in our prestige and intention to stay would be greatly
increased. This outline could be accomplished, I think, with insigni
ficant losses, and at any rate it is fully realised by Maude that severe
losses must not be incurred.
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The volume is Critical Study of the Campaign in Mesopotamia up to April 1917. Compiled by officers of the Staff College, Quetta, October-November 1923. Part I - Report (Calcutta: Government of India Press, 1925). The volume is published by the General Staff Army Headquarters, India.
The volume is divided into twenty-five chapters, which cover the whole campaign in detail from December 1914 to April 1917, including the origins of the campaign; the British advance on Baghdad-Ctesiphon; operations at Kut [Al-Kūt]; the capture of Baghdad; and general reflections on the campaign.
The volume includes nineteen photographic illustrations.
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- 1 volume (208 folios)
- Arrangement
There is a table of contents on folio 4. The volume also contains a list of illustrations (f 6) and list of maps and sketches that appear in Part II [IOR/L/MIL/17/15/72/2] (f 5). There is an index to the volume between ff 205-208.
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Foliation: the foliation sequence commences at 1 on the front cover and terminates at 210 on the inside back cover. The numbers are written in pencil, are enclosed in a circle, and appear in the top right hand corner of the recto The front of a sheet of paper or leaf, often abbreviated to 'r'. page of each folio. This is the sequence used to determine the order of pages.
Pagination: there is also an original printed pagination sequence numbered 2-361 (ff 8-208).
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- 'Critical Study of the Campaign in Mesopotamia up to April 1917: Part I - Report'
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- front, back, spine, edge, head, tail, front-i, 2r:209v, back-i
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- East India Company, the Board of Control, the India Office, or other British Government Department
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