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'Field notes: Mesopotamia. General Staff, India. February, 1917.' [117v] (241/350)
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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Route No. 26 — contd.
From Samarrah to Baghdad is 74 miles.
This is the usual route followed by Turkish reinforcements
which march to Musal or Jazirah from railhead at Ras-ul- Am.
2. Aleppo—Euphrates Valley—Fallujah Baghdad.
538 miles in 40 stages.
This route is practicable for wheeled traffic (including motor
cars) throughout. It follows the right bank of the Euphrates 4
from Meskine to Fallujah, where it crosses the river by a boat
bridge, and runs due east to Baghdad.
Supplies and water plentiful.’
From Meskine to Fallujah the journey may be made by
boat, each carrying about 25 men. The river journey takes
from 9 to 18 days, and the total time would therefore be from
21 to 30 days.
This route has up to date only twice been used, by small
parties of Turkish reinforcements.
3. Baghdad — Khaniqin — Kirmanshah. (Persia, Vol. Ill, Part
2, No. 54; old edition, Vol. Ill, No. 96).
Distance. —222 miles in 15 stages.
Passable by all arms in all seasons, except for the Ba qubah
boat bridge, which is too weak for wheeled artillery, and for
short sections of road near Qasr-i-Shirin, Karind and Harunabad.
(These points have probably been already improved).
In the flood season and in wet weather the road between
Baghdad and Khaniqin becomes very heavy and in places
practically impassable by wheels.
Supplies and water plentiful.
4. Baghdad — Mandali — Kirmanshah. (Persia, Vol. Ill, Part 2,
No. 53; old edition, Vol. HI, No. 95).
217 miles in 14 stages.
In the dry season all arms could get as far as Balad Ruz,
and camels could reach Mandali. From Mandali to Khorasa- <
bad (Khosruabad) the route lies through mountainous and
rocky country and the going is bad. In the flood season or
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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.
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- 1 file (169 folios)
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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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