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'PAPERS RELATING TO THE MESOPOTAMIAN COMMISSION from SIR E. BARROW'S ROOM' [425v] (861/1386)
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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situation, but cannot send them up by river craft without seriously endangering
supply question. I shall go up myself at tirst opportunity.
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No. 57.
lelegram from General Laltc to Chief of General Staff, India
dated 23rd January 1910.
(29/30/0. ' 22 nd. Tigris line, 20 th January (sic). Aylmer reports 8.45 „ m
ia ie ebtnnates force opposed to him on 21 st amounted to 9,000 infantry an j
nnnfi mlS ' f ° Ur not at P reseut “ condition to assault again Certain
number ol wounded have been brought in, and dead buried during armistice wht
O fronts thei^trenfw 1 ' TUrkS t0 ° k mto their lines our mounded from immediately
to send backtlll-S reinforcmllnts ." 1 PreSOnt P0Si,i ° n ’ aud
No. 58.
Telegram from Secretary of State for India to Sir V. Lahc
dated 23rd January 1910.
. 9 0U , r Iclegrams of the 22 nd. I deeply regret to learn of heavy losses suffered i„
Aylmer s forces. I am confident that General Aylmer and Ids crallant 9 n
Telegram from} iceroy to Secretary of State for India
dated 23rd /January 1910
might be laid on the torrential rains and floods as hsvino- Emphasis
ment to Aylmer’s advance and canture nf n efr- i r b rov( : c ! ^ serious impedi-
deprecate announcement of our total casualties wlfeu bnn'' ,G< P, 03 ' 1 "; 11 ' 1 w01ll(! a| so
No. 00.
Tclc m ,n from General Force / A” to Chief of General Staff India
dated 24tu January 1910 . J a ’
advance is impossible at present’ - Troops 1 'are' y not A ii! ,!1 o r^ 8 23rd that further
position again and no reason to believe Turks G - ouc ! ltlon to assault enemy’s
opposed to him. In accordance with my orders i U . . seri0lls b' weakened numbers
m present position and sending back all craft evopn/t ^ 1S entreu ching on both banks
with him. I hope by the 7th of February to hn vp * W ° steamers which are necessary
eight and a half battalions, two company of ^ or four batteries,
details at Sheik Saad as father reTnforcements UWK ^ i Mm 1 ers and some 5,000
not yet been able to give details of casualties in fiohtim^mrb'^T'l' Aylmer has
tn igade alone casualties were over 1,000 ° on w ^ s b but states in one
2 'elegram from Viceroy to Secretary of State for India
dated ^ith Januarn 101C
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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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- 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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