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'HISTORY OF THE GREAT WAR BASED ON OFFICIAL DOCUMENTS. THE CAMPAIGN IN MESOPOTAMIA 1914-1918. VOLUME IV.' [‎158v] (321/540)

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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262 HISTORY OF THE WAR : MESOPOTAMIA
The opinion of H.M. Government that Turkey would propose
peace was confirmed early in October. On the 4th it was learnt
on good authority that the Turkish Government had telegraphed
to Berlin that it was about to ask for peace, as the Central
Powers could no longer give adequate assistance, and that
Germany had replied that she was ready to help Turkey in
every way, that the communications between the two countries
would not be interfered with and that measures had already
been taken for the military occupation of Bulgaria. It was also
reported that German troops were being sent by sea from Russia
to Constantinople. In the next two or three days Turkish
emissaries attempted to open peace negotiations through the
British diplomatic representatives in Greece and Switzerland,
but, as these emissaries were not accredited by the Turkish
Cabinet, there was nothing to be gained by discussing proposals
with them.
It was said that the Sultan of Turkey, with considerable
support, was endeavouring to free the Turkish Government of
the influence wielded by the Committee of Union and Progress.
This report gained further credence when news was received on
the 8 th October that the Turkish Cabinet, including Talaat and
Enver Pashas, had resigned, that Tewfik Pasha An Ottoman title used after the names of certain provincial governors, high-ranking officials and military commanders. had been
appointed Grand Vizier and that, in spite of German objections,
the new Turkish Government was about to inform the United
States of America of its desire to negotiate for peace. But a
few days later information was received that the Sultan’s and
Tewfik’s efforts to form a Cabinet free of the influence of the
Committee of Union and Progress had been frustrated and that
Izzet Pasha An Ottoman title used after the names of certain provincial governors, high-ranking officials and military commanders. had been appointed Grand Vizier and had formed
a Cabinet. In the meantime, H.M. Government, deeming it
advisable to be prepared for an offer of peace, had ordered
terms for an armistice to be drafted by the British Admiralty
and War Office.
The whole question of peace with Turkey was considered
at a conference of the Prime Ministers of Great Britain,
France and Italy at Paris on the 7th October, when it
was decided that, while terms of peace could only be
discussed at the end of the war, an armistice might be
concluded by any of the three Powers whom the Turkish
Government might approach on the subject. The terms
of such an armistice were also approved, being those
already drafted in London with some slight additions and
alterations.

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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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'HISTORY OF THE GREAT WAR BASED ON OFFICIAL DOCUMENTS. THE CAMPAIGN IN MESOPOTAMIA 1914-1918. VOLUME IV.' [‎158v] (321/540), British Library: India Office Records and Private Papers, IOR/L/MIL/17/15/66/4, in Qatar Digital Library <https://www.qdl.qa/archive/81055/vdc_100049244985.0x00007a> [accessed 31 March 2025]

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