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'Report from Gen Sir John Eccles Nixon, Commanding I.E.F. 'D', on the Operations on the Euphrates 26th June-25th July 1915 (including the battle of Nasiriyah)' [80] (101/108)
The record is made up of 1 volume (52 folios). It was created in 1915. 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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APPENDIX S.
Report by Captain W. Nunn, D.S.O., E.N.
H. M. S. " Espiegle,"
30th July /p/5.
S ir,
I have the honour to report as follows on the recent operations in
Euphrates from the Naval point of view. operations in the
Roya^N^v^atid^'^Odin " n c"' ^ ^'fs " lispiegle/' Captain Wilfrid Nunn.
xr y ^avy, ana Odin , Commander in Command Cathcart R Wason RnvJ
H aV ^r n n n l L A /™ ed Launches "Miner". Lieutenant in Command C 'h
Heath -Caldwen, Roya Navy, and, "Sumana" Lieutenant in Command VVdliam
V. H Harris, Royal Navy and two Naval " 4-7" guns in horsehoau f . j
mth the expeditionary force at Chahbaish. concentrated
Officers and men were then placed on board the stern wheelers as follows
Captain Nunn, Lieutenant Commander A n j <•
" Espiegle " on board " Shushan." ' Seym0Ur and mea hom
•'MahsoudiT' Connmand Hea 'h-Caldwell and men from " Miner " on board
Lieutenant Hugh F. Curry and party from " Odin " on board " Muzaffari."
3-pr.1n^Mlhs'oudi r > Q ' F ' gUD and ' 3 ' Pr - Wer£ m0UDted in " " and a
On Sunday 27th June I left the anchorage at 4-0 a.m. and Droreerlpd tn
wes ward across Hammar Lake in "Shushan" in advance of the ffotX of tun-
boats and river steamers carrying troops and stores. g
At 1-30 p.M we approached the Hakika channel at the western end of the
ake and as we approached fire was opened on us with ,.pr. Pom-pom guns by
two Turkish Thorneycroft Motor Patrol Boats. e
At 2-45 P.M General Gorringe, Commanding 12th Division came on hnarH
'•tzLrz d ff gi. the Thorneycroft boats redred - Wbei ^ 0^
the ra
ctmme^dt cl h eart been PUt aCr0SSChanne1 ' and °P-tions tere at once
r nl? 0 p f tro1 bo f s l oc< ; ( a ® , 1 onal, y came do wn and fired on us on 28th and at
h H K 0n J !5 ne 29 l u Sh . ushan " was taken through the small channel which
had been made in the obstruction, the " Mahsoudi " following.
The two horseboats with 4-7" guns were got through on June 30th and at
11 -45 A - M - on [une 30th I proceeded up river with gunboats and carried out
reconnaissance and located enemy's position. 1 cu ouc
, o i fu , r ' her r econnaissance was carried out on July 2nd and all vessels having
been haultd over the bund by July 3rd we proceeded at 4-30 a.m. on tutv jth
with the advance party to prepare for attack on Turkish position.
We anchored off Ati's tower and troops then came up. Desultory firing
went on all cay, and heavy firing during the night. 49
On Monday 5th July the troops commenced the advance on enemy's posi
tion at 5-0 A.M., gunboats supporting with gun fire.
• !t S Ti a j a " 7 aS hit by j" 0 , enemy 5,16,1 durin g tlle moraing and her main steam
pipe disabled. 1 supported the attack on nght bank with "Shushan" during the
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This file contains despatches regarding British military operations on the Euphrates river carried out from 26 June to 25 July 1915. The file contains an introductory letter from General Sir John Eccles Nixon of Indian Expeditionary Force "D" to the Chief of the General Staff, Army Head Quarters, India (folios 4-5) that is followed by two reports written by Major-General Sir George Frederick Gorringe, Commander of 12th Indian Division.
The first report concerns operations from 26 June to 5 July (folios 6-9) and the second (folios 21-34) concerns operations from 6 July to 25 July.
Both reports contain a number of appendices containing further details of the military operations and also include several maps and illustrations related to the operations (folios 12-13, 16, 19-20 and 36-38).
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- 1 volume (52 folios)
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An introductory letter followed by two reports which themselves are followed by appendices.
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Condition: A bound, printed volume.
Foliation: The file's foliation sequence commences at the front cover and terminates at the inside back cover; 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.
Please note that folio 51 is housed within folio 52.
Pagination: The volume also contains an original printed pagination sequence.
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- 'Report from Gen Sir John Eccles Nixon, Commanding I.E.F. 'D', on the Operations on the Euphrates 26th June-25th July 1915 (including the battle of Nasiriyah)'
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- front, back, spine, edge, head, tail, front-i, 1a:1d, 1:16, 17a, 18a, 19, 19a, 20:21, 22a, 23:26, 27a, 28a, 29:57, 57a, 58a, 59a, 60a, 61:84, 86, back-i
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