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'Blue Book. Paraphrased telegrams' [61r] (121/189)
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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GENERAL NIXON TO SECRETARY OF STATE FOR INDIA. i^H<u f , lvs
"Gorringe^ reports received here 1st lay state that Anderson
33rd Cavalry with one squadron of his regiment and one
squadron 7th Lancers arrived about noon 29th April at old
bed Kharkeh near Imanzuda Ali Ibu Husain where water was
pointed out by the Sheikh of 150 Arabs who were seen. Cavalry
taking military precautions watered by detachments. Anderson
summoned Sheikh, owing to more Arabs collecting and drawing in,
and remaining himself to speak to,Sheikh who came up and said
with excitement that troops must leave, gave orders for the
main body to mount and retire.
Lieutenant Bailward 26th Cavalry was despatched to recall
flank patrols, Lieutenant Forbes, Indian Army Reserve of
Officers attached 7th Lancers / to join main body. Le liesurier
I.A.R.O., was apparently despatched to recall advanced guard.
Owing to its being fired on from flanks, pace was increased
by main body. Le Mesurier, Anderson and Bailward were unable
to rejoin main body and were victims of misplaced trust. Lieut.
Forbes took command ot'remainder and arrived back at Karun 3.30
p.m. 29th, having taken up successive positionsand fought his
way back. The bodies of all three missing Officers were
found and buried by Eelliss, who, morning of 1st Fay, marched
beyond Shaltagh with 6th Cavalry Brigade, 63rd Battery, 30th
Brigade and convoy of supplies - Good situation in vicinity of
Shaltagh for base depot for supplies reported by Felliss. It
is expected that within a fortnight repair of oil pipe line
will commence.
H 0 alS&a
GENERAL NIXON TO SECRETARY OF STATE FOR INDIA, 3RD MAY 1915.
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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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