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'Field notes: Mesopotamia. General Staff, India. February, 1917.' [48v] (103/350)
The record is made up of 1 file (169 folios). It was created in 1917. 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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(b) Two divisions : eighteen battalions (18,000 rifles), ten to
fifteen squadrons (1,400 to 2,000 sabres), with a
varying number of batteries and machine guns.
Armament.
Infantry.
All the Nizam infantry were armed in 1914 with the 7'6o mm.
Mauser rifle of the 1903 pattern and short bayonet, except some
of the troops of the Fourth Inspection (Mesopotamia) who still
bad the 9M mm. Mauser rifle of the 1887 pattern as had those
m Yemen.
Tim officers are armed with a sword and a revolver,
sword is not always carried in action.
The
Cavalry.
Armament. Practically all the cavalry regiments are now
•armed with the new small-bore 7'65 mm. Mauser carbine.
The carbine is carried, in some cases slung over the left
Jv! n ?, th T\ in a leathet- bucket, projecting above the
right thigh, attached to the rear of the saddle on the off side
First ““ Bod ^ uar<i 8 1 ua ' lron
**“ hei to ‘ he Sfld<ile:
revolver? 1 " 8 ' non - commissioned officers carry swords and
Artillery.
Vth Vlth and VTIffi 8 A° St ’ W&S the , entire artillery of the
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The file consists of a printed volume regarding the field notes on Mesopotamia. The volume was prepared on behalf of the General Staff, India and printed by the Superintendent Government Printing, India.
The volume is divided into the following chapters:
- I. History.
- II. Geography.
- III. Population.
- IV. Resources.
- V. Notes on the Turkish Army.
- VI. Maritime.
- VII. Administration.
- VIII Communications; Routes in Mesopotamia.
The volume also contains a number of appendices: A. Important personages; B. Table of Distances (in miles); C. Weights, Measures, Currency, Chronology; D. Some notes for officers proceeding to Mesopotamia; Glossary of Terms.
- Extent and format
- 1 file (169 folios)
- Arrangement
The volume is arranged in a number of chapters and appendices listed in the contents page (folio 4).
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Foliation: the foliation sequence commences at the inside front cover with 1, and terminates at the inside back cover with 169; 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.
Pagination: the file also contains an original printed pagination sequence.
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- Title
- 'Field notes: Mesopotamia. General Staff, India. February, 1917.'
- Pages
- front, back, spine, edge, tail, front-i, 2r:143r, 143r:143v, 143v:170v, 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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