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'HISTORY OF THE GREAT WAR BASED ON OFFICIAL DOCUMENTS. THE CAMPAIGN IN MESOPOTAMIA 1914-1918. VOLUME IV.' [120r] (244/540)
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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DUNSTERVILLE’S VIEWS
191
ihe Turks seemed to be operating in three directions
namely against Baku, south of Tabriz and against the Jelus!
General Dunsterville’s information was that they intended
to take Baku first; and to hamper their advance' we should
place a containing force before Tabriz and concentrate on
assisting the Jelus. If General Dunsterville received a complete
cavalry regiment and a mountain battery he considered that
\uth an infantry and a field artillery brigade he would have
sufficient troops, if they arrived before any radical change in
the situation took place. He could not emphasise too strongly
the necessity of hastening the despatch of this force in view of
the precarious situation at Baku, Urmia and Tabriz and the
possibility of rapid development in any or all of these places
and of the lateness of the season.
General Marshall added that his arrangements for collecting
transport were nearly completed. His infantry, whose leading
unit would reach railhead that night, would be despatched
first by motor transport, half a battalion at a time, and the
guns and first and second line transport would follow by route
march. The 8 th Field Battery had reached Harunabad and two
squadrons 14th Hussars were due at Hamadan next day. He
had made arrangements to send ammunition to the Jelus.
The views of the general situation held at this period by the
General Staff in India and the War Office are shown by the
following summary of telegraphic correspondence which took
place between the 4th and the 12 th July. Telegraphing on
the 4th, the Commander-in-Chief in India offered the following
opinions based on such information as was at his disposal ;
and he asked for the comments of the Chief of the Imperial
General Staff. India s increasing importance as a source of
supplies and man-power seemed to offer a military objective
which Germany might consider worth her serious attention.
For she was aware that, if the anti-British war party in
Afghanistan got the upper hand, the resultant disorder on
the Indian frontier would encourage insecurity in India and
cause a diminution of output of men and supplies ; and as
Germany desired commercial control of Central Asian markets
up to the Indian border, she might be prepared to take consider
able risks to make the Afghan and Persian frontiers her objec-
tive. For this, large German forces would not be necessary, as
a Turkish expedition under German leadership might create
the required disturbance.
No further development appeared probable on the Salonika
front. We seemed likely to remain on the defensive in Palestine.
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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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- front, back, spine, edge, head, tail, front-i, 2r:2v, 4r:186v, 188r:255v, back-i
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