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The record is made up of 1 volume (323 folios). It was created in 1924. 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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SITUATION IN INDIA
33
from an Indian point of view it was undesirable as exposing
us to attack at Baghdad, Aden, and on the Suez Canal.
Lord Kitchener, said Mr. Chamberlain, was extremely
anxious about the situation in Egypt and was afraid that we
were on the brink of a general and combined Arab rising in
co-operation with the Turks. In consequence, negotiations
from Egypt were being carried out with the Arabs, of which
Mr. Chamberlain did not entirely approve, as their intentions
seemed not to be altogether in accord with the views held in
India and Mesopotamia.
The Allied expedition to Salonika seemed likely to fail in its
object and the Greek attitude was equivocal and gave cause
for anxiety.
At the end of October and beginning of November, although
there had been another attack by tribesmen (Bajauris), Sir
George Roos-Keppel reported an improvement in the situation
on the North-West Frontier Region of British India bordering Afghanistan. of India. It was lucky, said Lord
Hardinge, that the tribes did not combine for a simultaneous
attack. He was, and had been for the past seven or eight
months, very anxious as to what the future might bring forth,
as nobody could say what the effect of a reverse on the fron
tier would be, nor what was going on underground. The
Commander-in-Chief felt as he did. One advantage was
that the attitude of the Amir continued most satisfactory.
He had had two interviews with the German mission : at
the first he had refused their request to join in alliance with
them ; and at the second he did not reply to their request to
be allowed to return to Herat, with the result that they were
virtually prisoners. It appeared to Lord Hardinge that the
Amir, whom he considered one of the great statesmen of the
age, was seizing the opportunity to secure a satisfactory recog
nition of his position both from Great Britain and Russia.
3rd November 1915.
4th November 1915.
17th November 1915.
22nd November 1915
23rd November 1915.
7th December 1915.
27th December 1915.
Lord Kitchener invited by ‘ War Council ’ to go
^East and report.
Lord Kitchener telegraphed General Birdwood
instructing him to dra-w out secretly provisional
plan for evacuation. (Lord Kitchener himself
still averse to evacuation.)
Anglo-French Conference in Paris rejected proposal
of evacuation conditional on operations elsewhere,
such as Alexandretta.
Lord Kitchener recommended evacuation, but to
retain Helles for the time being.
War Council recommended evacuation.
H.M. Government decided to evacuate Suvla and
Anzac (completed 20th December).
H.M. Government decided to evacuate Helles (com
pleted 8 th January 1916).
(11985)
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The volume is the second volume of an official government publication compiled at the request of the Government of India, and under the direction of the Historical Section of the Committee of Imperial Defence, by Brigadier-General Frederick James Moberly. The volume was printed and published at His Majesty's Stationery Office, London.

The contents provide a narrative of the operations of 1914-1918 in Mesopotamia, based mainly on official documents.

The volume is in one part, entitled, 'Part III. The First Campaign for Baghdad', and consists of the following fourteen chapters:

  • The Decision to Advance to Baghdad
  • Commencement of the Advance Towards Baghdad
  • The Battle of Ctesiphon - the First Day's Operations
  • Battle of Ctesiphon (Continued) and the British Retirement to Kut
  • The Decision to Hold Kut and British Policy Consequent on the Failure to Reach Baghdad
  • The Siege of Kut: First Phase (December 1915)
  • Commencement of the Relief Operations
  • The Action of Shaikh Saad
  • The Action of the Wadi A seasonal or intermittent watercourse, or the valley in which it flows. and the First Attack on Hanna
  • Operations up to the End of February, 1916
  • The Second Attempt to Relieve Kut; the Attack on the Dujaila Redoubt
  • The Third Attempt to Relieve Kut; the Successful Advance to and First and Second Attacks on Sannaiyat
  • The Last Attempt at Relief; Bait Isa and Sannaiyat
  • The Siege of Kut; the Last Stages

The volume also includes nine maps, entitled:

  • The Middle East
  • Lower Mesopotamia
  • Map 8 - The Tigris from Kut al Amara to Baghdad
  • Map 9 - The Battle of Ctesiphon
  • Map 10 - The affair of Umm at Tubul
  • Map 11 - The defence of Kut al Amara
  • Map 12 - The fort at Kut; with special reference to the Turkish attack on 24th December 1915
  • Map 13 - River Tigris between Ali Gharbi and Shumran
  • Map 14 - The action at Shaikh Saad
  • Map 15 - The action of the Wadi A seasonal or intermittent watercourse, or the valley in which it flows.
  • Map 16 - The first attack on Hanna; 21st January 1916
  • Map 17 - The attack on the Dujaila Redoubt, 8th March 1916
  • Map 18 - To illustrate Tigris Corps Operation Order No. 26, dated 6th March 1916
  • Map 19 - To illustrate operations between 10th March and end of April 1916
  • Map 20 - The action of Bait Isa on 17th and 18th April 1916, and the attack on Sannaiyat 22nd April 1916
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1 volume (323 folios)
Arrangement

The volume contains a list of contents (folios 6-10), a list of maps and illustrations (folio 11), appendices (folios 254-290), an index (folios 291-312), and eleven maps in a pocket attached to the inside back cover (folios 314-324).

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Foliation: the foliation sequence commences at the inside front cover with 1 and terminates at the inside back cover with 325; 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 volume also contains an original printed pagination sequence.

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'HISTORY OF THE GREAT WAR BASED ON OFFICIAL DOCUMENTS. THE CAMPAIGN IN MESOPOTAMIA 1914-1918. VOLUME II.'
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front, back, spine, edge, head, tail, front-i, 2r:3r, 3r, 4r:70v, 72r:79r, 160v, 80r:102v, 104r:160r, 161r, 313v, 161v:281v, 283r:313v, back-i
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