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'PAPERS RELATING TO THE MESOPOTAMIAN COMMISSION from SIR E. BARROW'S ROOM' [418r] (846/1386)
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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No. 1.
. Telegram from Secretary of Slate for India to 1 iceroy,
dated ()tk Deeeinber 1915.
3185. Reference to Nixon’s request for more big guns and howitzers. Do you
propose sending any from India?
No. '2.
Telegram from General Nixon, Kama, to Chief of General Staff , India,
dated (ith December IN 15 .
129 200/1. 5th. Tigris line. General Townshend reports, 5th December, no
movement on enemy’s part. All sick, wounded, and prisoners have been evacuated
from Kut. Cavalry Brigade is being sent back to Ali-al-Charbi to join hands with
General Younghusband’s Brigade, three battalions ol which 51st, o3rd Sikhs and
50th Rifles together with General Younghusband and Brigade headquarters, are now
cn route to Ali-al-Gharbi. Arrangements for moving up reinforcements are in hand.
General headquarters reach Basra, 0th December.
No. 3.
Telegram from Viceroy to Secretary of State for India,
dated (jth December 1915.
11 . 9021. Your telegram of the 4th instant. It is now a matter of vital urgency
that Nixon should receive a large accession of river craft without delay, possibility
of relieving Kut-el-Amara in time will depend on this.
No. 4.
Telegram from Sir John Nixon to Secretary of State for India,
dated (ilk December 1915.
Your 3150 of November 25th. Is there any truth in report that reinforcements
from France likely to be delayed owing to enemy submarines in Mediterranean ? If
so, what particular units, including artillery, have not already started ?
No. 5.
Telegram from Sir John Nixon, to Chief of General Staff, India,
dated- Sth December 1915.
129/2()5 1 . Tigris line. Townshend reports enemy force estimated at one division
entrenched to south-east of Kut on Tigris right bank with some eight guns. Another
force estimatect at 1,500 with guns are north-west of bridge on Tigris left bank.
Another force, bulk of two divisions, is installed on left bank 5 or G miles up-stream
of Kut. Our Cavalry Brigade reached Ali-al-Gharbi afternoon of 8 th December to
join hands with 28th Brigade, two battalions of which due Ali-al-Gharbi, 9th December,
and third battalion, 10th December. Fourth battalion of this Brigade and 1st Battalion
1 st Sussex Battery, left Basra, 8 th December. Major-General Aylmer leaves for
Amarah, 9th December. Other reinforcements being pushed forward as fast as
possible.
No. C.
Telegram from Secretary of State for India to Viceroy,
dated Sth December 1915.
3189. 15)ur IT. 9G15.
I think you may safely count on all Meerut Division arriving Basra by end month.
The eight battalions from Egypt are despatched or about to be.
A 2
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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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- 'PAPERS RELATING TO THE MESOPOTAMIAN COMMISSION from SIR E. BARROW'S ROOM'
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- 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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