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'Mesopotamia. Commission' [‎104v] (211/256)

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The record is made up of 1 file (126 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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likelihood of an attack from the Euphrates side on Basra.
Since then it is known that amongst other troops there are
on the Euphrates two provincial battalions composed of men
from Bagdad and a mobile gendarmerie battalion ^
^Barrett has since strengthened his forces on this side,
which now amount to about two brigades of infantry, two regiments
of cavalry, and four batteries of artillery. The outpost at
Shaiba, near Zobeir, is strongly held and fortified and in
wireless communication with Basra. The forces at Barrett s
disposal seem to me strong enough to cope with any forces at
present opposed to him, but in view of constant rumours of troops
being on the march to Bagdad from Syria and elsewhere, I would like
to see his command made up to two divisions. We have also sent him
the 7th Lancers, which should reach Basra shortly, and a second
battery of heavy guns leaves India in a few days for the same
desti nation ^
Cl An advance at some time to Nasni and Amara seem to me
absolutely necessary if quiet is to prevail at Basra, but Barrett
told me that his great difficulty is shortness of river transport.

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The file contains proofs of official prints required for the statutory commission on the Mesopotamian Expedition [the Mesopotamia Commission, 1916-17]. The papers include transcripts of telegrams and letters (some paraphrased) from the Secretary of State for India, the Viceroy, and the Commander of the Expeditionary Force, 1915-16, General Sir John Eccles Nixon. The file includes papers relating to operations in 1914-15, medical arrangements on the expedition (folios 33-60), press allegations concerning the advance from Kut-el-Amara [Kut Al-Amarah] in 1916 (folios 91-93), and the question of occupying Baghdad (folios 31-32).

The papers are enclosed an a folder inscribed on the front cover: 'Military Department. Previous Papers', and labelled '3'. A further label on the front cover is printed 'Mesopotamia Commission, 28 Abingdon Street, Westminster.'

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1 file (126 folios)
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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 127; 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: there are five additional printed pagination sequences in parallel between ff 64-90, ff 91-93, ff 94-103, ff 109-177, and ff 120-126.

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