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'Blue Book. Paraphrased telegrams' [12r] (23/189)
The record is made up of 1 file (93 folios). It was created in 1914-1916. 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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5*
solution would be the most satisfactory one*
( 8 )* 70 attack the ^urke, make a raid on Bagdad, release the
female 'English captives, capture the few stores and steamers
that remain and from a position S, of it, dominate the city
by patrols up the river**..*.** would not require a
whole additional division to accomplish, but would only be
the second best alternative froma a political point of view.
For military reasons the Commander-*in-Chief w uld prefer
the first or third and dislikes the second alternative* His
opinion is that we must either hfcld Bagdad ourselves or keep
well away from it, as it is e very valuable base and great
centse of supplies for whichever side is in occupation of it.
•»•«»*• Ke is in short against making e raid on Bagdad which
would involve a retirement* Should the required reinforce-
•mente be forthcoming, he favours strongly the holding of
Bagdad. However he prefers the safer course of holding a
position at Kut-el-Amama should they not be forthcoming.
Eevertheless he feels that owin# to the present situation
we may at any time have to accept the risk involved and find
it necessary to occupy Bagdad, even with our forces as they
e:lst at present*
From a political point view my comment on the Com: ender
-In-Chief's opinion is, that to be driven out of Bagdad would
be disastrous*
thirdly. Stay at Kut-el-Amara in a defensive position
Such a step does not commend itself to ua, for it may force
us to advance after all, because both the 2 urks and the
Arabs will see that it is a week measure*
I will leave the question for the decision fc^Bis ilajesty^
Government with confidence, having placed before you these
three alternatives, but I hope that the first alternative
will be the one they decide to adopt*
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The file consists of proofs for a proposed Mesopotamia Blue Book [a British Parliamentary official report concerning the Mesopotamian Campaign, 1914-18]. The papers consist of numbered transcribed paraphrased and unparaphrased official telegrams (particularly from the Commander of the Expeditionary Force, 1915-16, General Sir John Eccles Nixon, the Viceroy, and the Secretary of State for India) relating to military operations during the advance from Basra in 1915. The proofs were submitted to the Secretary of State for India, and include notes by John Evelyn Shuckburgh, 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. .
The papers are enclosed an a folder inscribed: 'Military Department. Previous Papers' and labelled '2'.
- Extent and format
- 1 file (93 folios)
- Arrangement
The transcribed telegrams are arranged in approximate chronological order from the front to the rear of the file.
- Physical characteristics
Foliation: the foliation sequence (used for referencing) commences at the inside front cover with 1, and terminates at the last folio with 94; 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. Two additional typed mixed foliation/pagination sequences are also present in parallel between ff 15-19 and ff 27-37.
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- IOR/L/MIL/5/776
- Title
- 'Blue Book. Paraphrased telegrams'
- Pages
- front, front-i, 2r:94v, back
- Author
- East India Company, the Board of Control, the India Office, or other British Government Department
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- Open Government Licence