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'Blue Book. Paraphrased telegrams' [82r] (163/189)
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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displayed by them. The atmosphere has been of the
closest and heaviest humidity and 113 degrees shade
temperature has been common. Guns, ammunition and stores
have had to be moved without assistance of animals, and
it is difficult to describe authentically the hardships and
exertions of trench warfare under these conditions. It
would be difficult to overestimate the severity of a test
consisting, after 20 days of such work, in an attack
on a series of entrenched positions.
do. 157.
GENERAL NITON 10 SEC ETAEY OF STATE FOR INDIA,
DATED 25th July 1 ( , 15.
"Telegraphing from Nasiriyeh, today, 3 p.rn. General
Gorringe says - Gunboats pushed on to Nasiriyeh and
engaged and disabled Thorneycroft at dusk last evening.
They were unable to salve Thorneycroft which was then
ablaze, sinking subsequently^owing to their being,
heavily fired on from/Nasiriyeh. Occupied without
opposition Nasiriyeh this morning. 50 wounded left by
Turks who evacuated Nasiriyeh during night retreating on
foot and much disorganised towards Shatra".
No. 156.
SECRETARY OF STATE FOR INDIA 'JO VICEROY,
DATED 26th July 1915.
"Ye shall be glad if you will communicate to General
Gorringe f s Column through General Nixon my congratulations
on taking Nasiriyeh and great success thereby achieved,
also that I warmly appreciate the (gallantry of all ranks
and.
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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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- 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