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'HISTORY OF THE GREAT WAR BASED ON OFFICIAL DOCUMENTS. THE CAMPAIGN IN MESOPOTAMIA 1914-1918. VOLUME IV.' [117v] (239/540)
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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186 HISTORY OF THE WAR : MESOPOTAMIA
under the General Officer Commanding in Mesopotamia, who
would also be responsible for the oil-fields in Arabistan and the
Bakhtiari country.
As regards South Persia, General Sykes’ force remained in
vested in Shiraz by hostile tribes acting under the instigation
of the anti-British elements in Persia and assisted by German
agents, among whom Wassmuss especially was still active
Towards the end of June, however, General Sykes was able by
political means to bring about dissensions among his opponents
which in addition to the arrival of reinforcements, from India
at Bushire and Bandar Abbas promised to relieve the situation'
There was some anxiety lest the Bakhtiaris should become
involved and so endanger the oil-fields. But General Marshall
was able to maintain cordial relations with the Bakhtiari
chiefs ; and, to assist the leading chief to restore security along
the Ahwaz-Isfahan road, General Marshall placed a section
of the 31st Mountain Battery at his disposal with most
satisfactory results.*
As regards North-West Persia, the phase in the operations of
Dunsterforce concluded by the securing of the road to Enzeli
had been successful to a definite extent. Though too late to
carry out its original object in the Caucasus, it had for the time
being checked the advance of Turco-German agents and small
armed bodies into Persia, had definitely stopped the German-
Jangali movement southward and had maintained peace and
security in the Kermanshah-Hamadan area. In fact, but for
its restraining influence, the enemy’s plans, to embarrass us
by a rising in Persia as a preliminary to an attack on our
Mesopotamian communications and to hostile action against
our Indian frontier, would probably have reached a much more
advanced stage. But much still remained to be done.
On the 28th June the War Office sent the following telegram
to General Marshall:
“ H. M. Government are not satisfied that we are taking
full advantage of our opportunities or that in North-West
Persia and on the Caspian our maximum effort is being
made. Whole situation should be reviewed by you in
light of more recent information regarding lack of enemy
activity in the plains of Mesopotamia and local supplies.
Information shows that, at any rate for some time to come,
* General Marshall said in his Despatch : “ it is worthy of record that this
section of an Indian mountain battery in the hottest season of the year
covered a distance of 395 miles in 28 marching days and returned with men and
animals in most excellent condition.”
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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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