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'PAPERS RELATING TO THE MESOPOTAMIAN COMMISSION from SIR E. BARROW'S ROOM' [222r] (448/1386)
The record is made up of 1 file (687 folios). It was created in 1915-1918. 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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Your 15112.
1 && In full igrttifBi tlmt no personal or prlTAi# consideration
•Ml for a nonesxt be regarded in tbe selection i>f tbe oowaanderg
of our forcee In tbe field. I admit that youth l® prim f&cie
an advantage with regard to the mm you motion* Oeneral is
60 years of age, but I do not consider t)u<t be Its old for his age.
He le a tall alight man, tparely built , la fond of gam»» and
who always maker! a j>oint of keeping himself In good physical
training. X ordered my doctor to overhatl him, before I rent
hie, to nesopotanla, and to make a special report to me. Therefore
physically 1 feel quite cure of him. With regard to education
he la a man who baa read and thought, who under®tande soldiering
from a prof ear tonal point of view and who is gifted with f reeight#
Tlile la his first Co mnsA in tiie field and his strength of character
arid power of obtaining the beat result® from the means at hie
disposal hvve yet to be proved# do far I have mt seen any signs
of his falling in cither of these respects# On the contrary be
mm ed comwintt In ^sopotamla at a time when everything seemed
to be going wrong, and when depression war the keynote of local
feeling# l ino© his arrival there las been a dit ttnet ii provemor.t
ard I tWlnk that we should wait further cxperlerce before we
consider any cb r.ge in the com’ and# s regards Aylrer ^te is a
rson of brilliant personal courage and lets an invaluable gift of
being able to win the devotion of tho^o who serve under him# He
b-as ®\u , prlsed rf» by his pessimistic attitude clnce he 1ms arrived
in kesopotarda# In imrt however this was due to the prcc^ure
placed on him by I ixon to rtrik before he felt himself ready. At
present 1 rhould not advise any (word onitied), but I am watching
ttm case very carefully#
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BpMklne p*««wiliy Mrtnls this iafttt.r f OWarwaAcni
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This file contains working drafts of confidential prints, correspondence and telegrams from the room of Sir Edmund Barrow, Military Secretary in the 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. , collected for the Mesopotamian Commission which was convened to examine the causes of the besieging and surrender of the Indian Expeditionary Force in Kut-el-Amara [Al Kūt].
The papers cover a range of topics and include the following: General Townshend's assessment of the situation after the Battle of Kut-el-Amara; a précis of correspondence relating to the origins and development of the Mesopotamia expedition; and a collection (ff 396-399) of private telegrams between the Secretary of State for India and the Viceroy, prior to the outbreak of war with Turkey.
The file also includes some tables showing the strength of General Townshend's force at Ctesiphon (folio 111) as well as the Indian Expeditionary Force 'D' (In Mesopotamia) Troops of the 6th Poona Division (folio 114).
Correspondents include: General Sir John Nixon; Major-General Charles Vere Ferrers Townshend; the Viceroy of India; officials of the Admiralty; officials of the War Office.
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- 1 file (687 folios)
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The entries are recorded in chronological order from the front to the rear of the volume.
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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 686; 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. Multiple additional mixed foliation/pagination sequences are present in parallel; these numbers are written in crayon and pencil; where they are written in pencil and circled, they are crossed through.
The file has one foliation anomaly, f 374A.
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- IOR/L/MIL/5/768
- Title
- 'PAPERS RELATING TO THE MESOPOTAMIAN COMMISSION from SIR E. BARROW'S ROOM'
- Pages
- front, front-i, 2r:5v, 7r:89v, 91r:107v, 109r:130v, 131ar, 131r:134v, 135ar, 135ar, 135r:136v, 137ar, 137r:203v, 204ar, 204r:225r, 225ar, 225v:295v, 296ar, 296r:316v, 317ar, 317r:374v, 374ar:374av, 375r:405v, 406ar, 406r:562r, 562ar, 562v:623v, 624ar, 624r:686v, back
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- East India Company, the Board of Control, the India Office, or other British Government Department
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