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'HISTORY OF THE GREAT WAR BASED ON OFFICIAL DOCUMENTS. THE CAMPAIGN IN MESOPOTAMIA 1914-1918. VOLUME IV.' [72r] (148/540)
The record is made up of 1 volume (266 folios). It was created in 1927. 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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GENERAL SMUTS’ CONFERENCE
113
in Persia, for us to occupy the line Qasr-i-Shirin—Enzeli.
General Dunsterville was convinced that, whatever the poli
ticians might say, the inhabitants of Persia would welcome
such a step. All they wanted was security and they did not
care who gave it to them. General Dunsterville considered
that a small number of troops would suffice and suggested a
strength of one infantry brigade, one cavalry regiment, one
battery of mountain artillery, one light armoured motor
battery and aeroplanes, with headquarters at Kermanshah,
Hamadan and Kazvin.
At this time, the threatened advance on Hamadan of
Kuchik Khan with his Jangalis seemed to be hanging fire, owing,
it was said, to his determination to wait till the Turks, who
were urging him to make this advance, had actually occupied
Kurdistan.
To return to Mesopotamia. During January there had been
discussions in London over the future British policy in Meso
potamia and Palestine. The Government was anxious to
continue operations vigorously with a view to eliminating
Turkey from the war, and deputed General Smuts to confer in
Egypt with General Allenby, the Naval Commander-in-Chief
in the Mediterranean and General Marshall’s representative,
with a view to advising the War Cabinet as soon as possible on
the best use of all our resources. The Chief of the Imperial
General Staff telegraphed to General Marshall on the 31st
January and 3rd February explaining this and requesting that
General Gillman, the Chief of the General Staff in Mesopotamia,
might be sent to Egypt to represent General Marshall’s views
and to give General Smuts all possible assistance and informa
tion.* The Chief of the Imperial General Staff said that the main
operations would probably be carried out in Palestine and that
co-operation by General Marshall might consist in detaching
troops to join General Allenby or in an offensive in Mesopotamia,
or possibly both. .
On the 21st February the Chief of the Imperial General
Stafff telegraphed, to the Commander-in-Chief in India and
* General Gillman left Mesopotamia at once and arrived in Egypt on the
20th February, but General Smuts had already telegraphed his recommen
dations to London. He had met in Egypt General Hopwood, who was on
his way to England, and had formerly been Chief of the General Stall to
General Maude, and from him had gathered information as to the situation
in Mesopotamia. General Gillman rejoined at Baghdad on the 4th April.
During his absence General T. Fraser acted as Chief of the General StaS.
t General Sir W. Robertson resigned his appointment as Chief of the
Imperial General Staff on the 18th February and was succeeded by General
Sir Henry Wilson.
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The volume is the fourth 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 V. The Campaign in Upper Mesopotamia, 1917-1918 - North-West Persia and the Caspian, 1918', and consists of the following ten chapters:
- May, June and July 1917
- August and September 1917: The Capture of Ramadi
- October to December 1917 - Occupation of the Jabal Hamrin, Action of Tikrit and Death of General Maude
- January to March 1918: Dunsterville's Mission and the Action of Khan Baghdadi
- April and May 1918: Operations in Kurdistan and Arrangements to Counter the Turco-German Threat beyond our Northern Flank
- British Plans to Stop the Enemy's Advance into Persia and to Obtain Control of the Caspian
- The Fall of Baku
- British Advance up the Tigris: Actions of Fat-Ha Gorge and on the Little Zab
- The Battle of Sharqat and the Armistice
- Conclusion
The volume also includes fourteen maps, entitled:
- The Middle East
- Mesopotamia
- Map 34 - Operations near Ramadi: July and September 1917
- Map 35 - Operations in the Jabal Hamrin: October and December 1917
- Map 36 - Actions at Daur and Tikrit: 2nd and 5th November 1917
- Map 37 - Operations on the Euphrates line: March 1918
- Map 38 - Action of Khan Baghdadi: 26th March 1918
- Map 39 - Operations in the Kifri-Kirkuk area: April and May 1918
- Map 40 - The Cavalry affair of the 27th April 1918, and the action of Tuz Khurmatli, 29th April 1918
- Map 41 - Operations of "Dunsterforce", 1918
- Map 42 - Operations at Baku, August-September 1918
- Map 43 - Operations on the Tigris: 18th-30th October 1918
- Map 44 - Action by 7th Cavalry Brigade near Hadraniya: 29th October 1918
- Map 45 - Battle of Sharqat, 29th October 1918
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- 1 volume (266 folios)
- Arrangement
The volume contains a preface (folios 5-6), a chronological summary of the campaign in Mesopotamia (folios 7-8), a list of contents (folios 8-11), a list of maps and illustrations (folios 11-12), appendices (folios 197-232), an index (folios 233-254), and twelve maps in a pocket attached to the inside back cover (folios 256-267).
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Foliation: the foliation sequence (used for referencing) commences at the inside front cover with 1, and terminates at the inside back cover with 268; 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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