"تاريخ الحرب الكبرى استنادًا إلى وثائق رسمية. الحملة في بلاد الرافدين ١٩١٤-١٩١٨. المجلد IV". [و‎‎١‎٠] (٥٤٠/٢٤)

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Jelus about Urmia—Bicharakoff at Baku— On 15th July War
Office suggest despatch of small British force to Baku—
Discussion of plans—Situation at Baku and on Caspian—
Afiair of Resht, 20th July—Progress of British reinforcements
into Persia : Commodore Norris, R.N., placed in charge of
naval operations on Caspian—Baku coup d’dtat, 26th July :
new Centro-Caspian Government request British aid—
Bicharakoff withdraws northward from Baku—Colonel Stokes,
with small British party, arrives Baku on 4th August: British
strength gradually reinforced—Disaster to Jelus at Urmia :
flight of Jelu population to Hamadan—Enemy views and
plans—Improved situation in Persia generally—Trans-
Caspia: complicated situation : activities of General
Malleson—Situation in Baku, mid-August—War Office on
14th August define British policy regarding Baku, Krasno-
vodsk and the Caspian—Railway construction progress in
Mesopotamia .. .. .. .. • • • • • • 176-214
Chapter XLIII.
THE FALL OF BAKU.
Situation at Baku, 15th August—General Dunsterville arrives
there, 17th—Dispositions for defence—Local difficulties—Turks
advance south-east from Tabriz—Appreciation of situation
on 29th August—Turkish threat in Persia retards reinforce
ment of Baku—Turks capture Dirty Volcano, 26th August—
Turkish offensive of 31st August—Further enemy offensive
on 1st September—Ineptitude of local Baku authorities—
General Marshall orders British evacuation of Baku—Action
at Kaakha, Trans-Caspia, 28th August—General Dunsterville
unable to withdraw from Baku—Turkish advance on Tabriz-
Zenjan road early in September : gradual British retirement—
British discussion of policy and plans regarding N.W. Persia
and the Caucasus—General Dunsterville deprecates abandon
ment of Baku—War Office, on 11th September, directs
temporary retention of Baku—Defensive dispositions at Baku,
13th September—Turkish attack, 14th September : British
withdrawal and evacuation of Baku in evening—Break-up
of Dunsterforce : General Thomson takes command in North
Persia—Commodore Norris takes measures to secure control
of the Caspian—Turkish movements, after capture of Baku—
Distribution of British troops in Persia, 16th September—
General military situation at end of September..
Chapter XLIV.
BRITISH ADVANCE UP THE TIGRIS : ACTIONS OF FAT-HA GORGE
AND ON THE LITTLE ZAB.
Turkish dispositions, 30th September 1918—War Office on
2nd October order an advance up the Tigris—General Marshall
prepares accordingly : advance up the Tigris to be carried out
by 1st Corps, with 7th and 11th Cavalry Brigades, under