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'HISTORY OF THE GREAT WAR BASED ON OFFICIAL DOCUMENTS. THE CAMPAIGN IN MESOPOTAMIA 1914-1918. VOLUME IV.' [195r] (394/540)
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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PERSIA AND THE CASPIAN
329
Of the followers over 71,000 were in Labour Corps and about
42,000 were employed by the Inland Water Transport. The
majority of the followers were Indians, and the number of men
locally recruited amounted to between 30,000 and 40,000,
while there were nearly 6,000 Chinese, over 1,000 men from
Mauritius and 300 from the West Indies.
Before concluding this narrative, a brief reference to events
during October, 1918, in Persia and Trans-Caspia is necessary.
In North-West Persia, the frequent reconnaissances on the
Kazvin-Mianeh line, which were undertaken by our aeroplanes
and armoured cars, ascertained that the Turks were withdrawing
from the Kuflan Kuh. Our troops, however, at this time were
suffering considerably from an epidemic of influenza ; and owing
to this and to the difficulty of maintenance, it was decided not
to pursue the Turks. On the Bijar line the Turkish troops
in contact with ours began to withdraw early in October and
here also influenza prevented the maintenance of a British
advance. On the Sehneh line the Turks were found to have
withdrawn to Saqqiz.
Our measures to gain control of the Caspian had progressed
satisfactorily. We established naval fitting-out and repairing
bases at Enzeli and Krasnovodsk ; and by the end of the
month we had five small armed ships available for service.
These were commanded by British officers assisted by
British ratings, but the sailing masters, mates, boatswains,
quartermasters and engine room complement were almost
entirely Russian; and the ships flew the old Russian naval
ensign.
During October, Captain Washington, R.N., who succeeded
Commodore Norris incapacitated by an accident, reported
that he would be ready at the beginning of November to secure
complete control of the Caspian. On the 2nd November,
however, he received a telegram, sent on the 29th October
by the Admiralty, saying that our object was to retain such
control of the Caspian as would enable us to prevent any
communication by water between its shores by forces hostile
to us and to help any forces friendly to us.
After the armistice with Turkey General Marshall was
instructed by the War Office to occupy Baku. It was the
policy of H.M. Government, he was told, to police the area
between the Caspian and the Black Sea in such a way as to
maintain order and enforce the terms of the Armistice, pending
the final settlement at the Peace Conference of the various
territorial questions involved.
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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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