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'HISTORY OF THE GREAT WAR BASED ON OFFICIAL DOCUMENTS. THE CAMPAIGN IN MESOPOTAMIA 1914-1918. VOLUME I.' [199r] (402/454)
The record is made up of 1 volume (223 folios). It was created in 1923. 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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INDEX.
371
Declarations of war.
On Turkey, by Russia, France, and Great Britain, 98.
Delamain, Brig.-Gen. W. S., C.B., D.S.O.
In command of 16th Inf. Brig., 92 ; composition of force under, 99;
instructions to, 99-102 ; ordered to commence hostilities against
Turkey, 104—5 ; orders to, (2 November 1914), 105 n ; force under,
lands at Sanniya, 108 ; W/T communication from India interrupted,
109, 113—4; delayed by bad weather, 109-10; report on situation
(13 November), 114; Operation Order for attack on Saihan, (15 No
vember), 115 ; despatched to attack Shaikh Ajaimi, 176 ; returns
to Basra, 177 ; ordered to Shaiba (24 February 1915), with reinforce
ments, 178; orders to, for action of 3 March near Shaiba, 181 ; battle
of Shaiba, 206—19; advance to Amara, 251-64 ; in temporary command
of 6th Div., 299 ; occupies Ali Gharbi, 300, in command at, (end
July), 301 ; battle of Kut, 318-38.
Dexter, Mr. Tom.
Personal Asst, to Mil. Gov. of Basra, 130.
Dilke, Sir Charles.
Statement of policy of, re Baghdad railway, 40-1.
Dilwar.
Operations against, (13-16 August 1915), 309.
Diseases.
Prevalence of, 8, 129. *
Djavid
Pasha
An Ottoman title used after the names of certain provincial governors, high-ranking officials and military commanders.
.
Turkish force under, moves south, 156.
Djemal
Pasha
An Ottoman title used after the names of certain provincial governors, high-ranking officials and military commanders.
(Turkish Minister of Marine).
“ Memories of a Turkish Statesman,” referred to, 75 n ; Francophile
sentiments of, 76.
Dobbie, Brig.-Gen. W. H., C.B.
Arrives in Shatt al Arab (end November 1914), 140-1 ; activity of force
under, (1 January 1915), 157 ; in command at Quma, 197, 242
invalided (21 May), 248.
Doha.
Turkish garrison in, (1871), 25.
Ducat, Major R. (20th Punjabis).
Dies of wounds received night 10-11 November 1914 at Sanniya, 109.
Duff, Gen. Sir B., G.C.B., K.C.S.I., K.C.V.O., C.I.E.
Indian Army system, 55, 59, 63 ; evidence of, before Mesopotamia
Committee, 55, 59, 62, 133, 196 ; informs Gen. Barrett that no more
troops could be sent to Mesopotamia, 155 ; reinforcements for I.E.F.
“ D,” 160, 173 ; opinion of (January 1915), on strength of I.E.F.
” D,” 161 ; agrees with Gen. Nixon’s views, 239, 271 ; averse to
proposed advance to Kut, 271.
Dunlop, Lt.-Col. H. H. (44th Merwaras).
In advance to Nasiriya, 287-98.
Durand Frontier Agreement.
With Afghanistan, (1893), 51.
Dust.
Impedes operations in Arabistan, 227 ; effect of, in battle of Kut, 322,
327-8, 330.
E.
East India Company.
Activity of, 43, 46 ; agreement of, with Shah of Persia, 45 ; military
forces of, till 1858, 49, 64-5.
East Persia Cordon.
Inception of, 274.
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The volume is the first 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 divided into two parts. The first part, entitled, 'Part I. Before the Outbreak of Hostilities', consists of the following five chapters:
- General Description of the Country
- The Turks in Mesopotamia
- British Pre-War Policy
- The Army in India and Pre-War Military Policy
- Inception of the Operations
The second part, entitled, 'Part II. The Campaign in Lower Mesopotamia', consists of the following seven chapters:
- The Landing in Mesopotamia of Force "D" and the Operations Leading to the Occupation of Basra
- The Occupation of Basra and the Capture of Qurna
- Commencement of the Turkish Counter-Offensive
- Development and Defeat of the Turkish Counter-Offensive
- Operations in Arabistan and the Capture of Amara
- Operations on the Euphrates and the Occupation of Nasiriya
- The battle of Kut and Occupation of Aziziya
The volume also includes nine maps, entitled:
- The Middle East
- Lower Mesopotamia
- Map 1 - To illustrate operations described in Chapter VI
- Map 2 - To illustrate fighting near Qurna
- Map 3 - To illustrate fighting round Shaiba
- Map 4 - To illustrate operations in Persian Arabistan
- Map 5 - To illustrate operations in the Akaika Channel 27th June to 5th July 1915
- Map 6 - To illustrate operations near Nasiriya 6th to 24th July 1915
- Map 7 - To illustrate the Battle of Kut 28th September 1915
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- 1 volume (223 folios)
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The volume contains a page of errata (folio 5), a list of contents (folios 6-8), a list of maps and illustrations (folio 9), appendices (folios 185v-192), an index (folios 192v-214v), and eight maps in a pocket attached to the inside back cover (folios 217-224).
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Foliation: the foliation sequence commences at the inside front cover with 1 and terminates at the inside back cover with 225; 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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