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'Blue Book. Paraphrased telegrams' [46r] (91/189)
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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99 fcont)
agree with your view that the increase of Barr
ett's Force to two divisions is imperative*
As you are aware we have in return for 35 bat
talions of Terrtorial Infantry sent abroad 33
battalions of -Regulars while our total contri-
butionsjoverseas have amounted to six divisions
of Infantry and nearly three divisions of Caval
ry, India has therefore done her duty to the
Empire but we cannot do more inview of the situ
ation on the Frontier. Our onerous responsibili
ties towards the population of India both Euro
pean or native cannot be evaded and it is use
less that we should receive suggestions to take
further risks in India. In conclusion we agree
with you that an increase to at least two div
isions of Barrett's Force is necessary but Ito&t
our contributions to the requirements of his
Majesty's Government early in the war make it
impossible to find the mnmmamamp requisite fem
troops ourselves. The responsibility therefore
not onldtqsupply them but
rests with his Majesty's Government K t»dbimmn x
rf* for any consequences also which may arise
from a refusal to allow India to protect he 7 " int
erests by the use of her own troops.
100
3rd March. This morning the enemy's camp at
Ghadir to the west of Ahwaz was shelled by our
force under the command of Brigadier General Ro
binson. The enemy's strength was estimated at
12,000 and with frequenjr hand -to-hand fight
ing he succeeded in getting round our flanks
and rear thA^making retirement very difficult.
The enemy's losses were very severe but ours,
^regret to say,were heavy.The horses jMt having
* .
been killed one 18 -pdr Field Artillery gun
was abandoned as was also the breach and chase
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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'.
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- 1 file (93 folios)
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The transcribed telegrams are arranged in approximate chronological order from the front to the rear of the file.
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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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- Title
- 'Blue Book. Paraphrased telegrams'
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- front, front-i, 2r:94v, back
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- East India Company, the Board of Control, the India Office, or other British Government Department
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