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'PAPERS RELATING TO THE MESOPOTAMIAN COMMISSION from SIR E. BARROW'S ROOM' [550r] (1110/1386)
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 .
Telcgi am from S&cretavy of State for India to Viceroy,
dated ()th December 1915.
^ ference t0 Kixon’s request for more big guns and howitzers. Do von
piopose senciino any from India
m ” y
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Xo. 2.
Telegram from General Nixon, Knrna, to Chief of General Staff, India
dated (Hh December 1915.
l-!i Ny 1 . oth Tigris line. General Townsliend reports, oth December no
movement on eneiny apart All sick, wounded, and prisoners have been evacuated
10111 Kill < avairy Lngade is being sent back to Oli-al-Gharb i to ioin hands with Ml
u iieral ’t oungmisbaiid’s Hngade, three battalions of which 6 Tst, 53 rd Sikhs and
..otli lulles together with General Younghusband and Brigade headquarters, are now
f! ‘f Arrangements for moving up reinforcements are in hand
(•(.neial noadquarters reach Basra, Otli December.
Xo. 3.
Telegram from Viceroy to Secretary of State for India
dated &h December mV
HTdid Your telegram of the 4th instant. I, ,s now a matter of vital urgency
that Nixon should receive a large accession of river craft without delay. PossfbilitV
ol relieving- kut-ol-Amara m time will depend on this. '
Xo. 4.
Telegram from Sir John Nixon to Secretary of Stale for India,
dated (tth December 1915.
t-om < lTancei;hll Xi r e / , ’ l T'X tl l' f * there »> report that reinforcements
t.on i ianct likely to be delayed owing to enemy submarines in Mediterranean? If
so, what particular units, including artillery, have not already started ?
Xo. 5.
/ cl e gram from Sir John Nixon, to Chief of General Staff, India
dated Sth. December 1915.
- 'r ! ' 1 'p 1 ' 1 * lln, ;.' Townshoml reports enemy force estimated at one division
f : ’ '!• ' unocasi ol Kut on I igris right bank with some eight gnus. Another
VhV’h D J g M 'vdlt.Kims are north-west of bridge on Tigris left bank.
y 1 ','- Vt '''ri’" i ° i !" 0 , 1 , IVISi °"1’ ,s 11 ' stalle<i O" left bank 5 or 6 miles up-stream
0 ‘. k r , :! l' • a , v ! ,, y il i W l,e reacbed Ali-al-Gharl.i afternoon of 8 th December to
pun ;; mds with -N!i , >ngade, two battalions of which due Ali-al-Gharhi, 9 th December
Z'JC-lGr' ''kT'" X't ^' ,ur,lt hattalion of this Brigade and !st Battalion'
b krir Xhi k" oV ‘ ecem1,l;r - Major-floneral Aylmer leaves for
b’Xle v ‘ u ' r reinlorcements being pushed forward as fast as
Xo. G.
J 1 ^ l! '■ • s ' ‘re!ary of Slate for India to Vicerm/(“dated
Sth December lOlo. "
5IS--. Your 11. 961.5.
i think you may .safely count on all Meerut Division arriving Basra bv end month
i he eight battalions from T-.gypt 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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