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'PAPERS RELATING TO THE MESOPOTAMIAN COMMISSION from SIR E. BARROW'S ROOM' [644r] (1300/1386)
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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With reference to the enolceod telegramflf^o and from
To India ,8th I»eo.
From India. the Viceroy of India I am directed to say the the Secre-
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To India, tary of State for India would he glad to receive a« early
11th Dec*
From India, as possible the views of the Army Council.
IGth Dec.
2) Whether we eventually decide to assume the offensive
in Mesopotamia or whether we are compelled to restrict
ourselves to the defensive Mr Chamberlain is reluctantly
forced to admit that the situation demands an increase to
our forces in the T'esopotamian theatre of v/ar, hut he is
also aware both of the serious shortage of troops in India
and of the imperative demands now being forced upon us by
the exigencies of the v/ar in other regions. He therefore
suggests for the consideration of the Army Council the
following expedient.
3) The Government of India have, as a temporary measure,
. /detailed two provisional brigades of the Indian Army for
^ service in Mesopotamia pending the arrival of the Lahore
Division. Mr Chamberlain nor proposes to add another bri
gade from the Indian Army to the two already sent, thus
completing a 5th Anglo-Indian Division, on the clear un
derstanding that the 'ar Office will at ohee make arrange
ments for sending to India 12 battalions of British troops,
either Garrison Regiments or new formations to replace
the 12 battalions taken as Inha an emergency measure from
the garrison of India for field service in Mesopotamia.
As stipulated by the Viceroy it is essential that the bat
talions be despatched fully armed and equipped. /r
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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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