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'HISTORY OF THE GREAT WAR BASED ON OFFICIAL DOCUMENTS. THE CAMPAIGN IN MESOPOTAMIA 1914-1918. VOLUME IV.' [116r] (236/540)
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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183
TURKS OCCUPY TABRIZ
the Caspian fleet or preventing it from falling into the enemy’s
nands. But the despatch of troops there or the assurance of
armed help seemed to the Chief of the Imperial General Staff
Doth inexpedient and dangerous.
On the 12 th June Bicharakoff—with his Russians, one
-quadron 14th Hussars, two armoured cars of the 6 th Light
Aimoured Motor Battery and two British aeroplanes—found
his way to Enzeli barred at the bridge at Manjil by a Jansali
orce under German officers. After a vain attempt to parley
on the part of the Germans, Bicharakoff attacked and dispersed
the Jangalis without difficulty. Leaving the squadron 14th
Hussars to hold the bridge, he then pushed on and reached
Resht and Enzeh a few days later. General Dunsterville
persuaded Bicharakoff to hold the road till British troops
arrived; and, reporting this on the 14th, General Dunsterville
hoped that a brigade each of infantry and artillery would
be pushed up from Mesopotamia so' that if opportunity
offered he could show some force in Baku. He anticipated
that he could arrange for their supply in Baku, and would
require nothing except ordnance stores, comforts and some
groceries from Mesopotamia.
About this time Bicharakoff decided to turn Bolshevik, as
being the only means by which he could gain a footing in the
Caucasus; and he accepted the post of commander of the Red
Army in the Caucasus. After visiting Baku, where he reported
the situation to be obscure owing to conflict between the
pro-British and anti-British parties, Bicharakoff returned to
Enzeli on the 22nd June and began to embark his troops.
1 urkish troops occupied Tabriz on the 14th June and General
Dunsterville sent a small detachment to Mianeh to watch for
any further southward Turkish movement. At the same time
ne asked if General Marshall could send him any more troops,
as, though the local tribes were friendly to us and hated the
Turks, they were unlikely to resist a Turkish advance unless
supported by British troops. General Marshall replied, as he
i eported to the War Office on the 18th, that General Dunster
ville was not to count upon any increase to his force. General
Marshall explained that he was already having extreme diffi
culty in supplying Dunsterforce with lubricants, petrol, ord
nance stores, ammunition and spare parts* and could not
guarantee to maintain any larger force. General Marshall
also said that General Dunsterville had asked for authority to
* The rocky, mountainous road was causing excessive wear and tear on all
mechanical transport vehicles.
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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
- Extent and format
- 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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- front, back, spine, edge, head, tail, front-i, 2r:2v, 4r:186v, 188r:255v, back-i
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