"مذكرات الحرب. مقر قيادة الجيش، الهند. [...] قوة المشاة الهندية «د». المجلد ٥٢. الجزء I. (من ١ إلى ١٥ نوفمبر ١٩١٨.)" [و‎‎١‎٧‎٦] (٥٥٨/٣٦٠)

ui'usf be dear of tliem^by^tovembM xs^thf h ” t ' <,0 ' ,s " d «ie toun ol Mosul
sre “ - *• WW* *» d to™ of Mosul.
2 . and 3. Euphrates and Dialah Fronts.—Eo change.
4. Intelligence —
{!) Turkish Empire.
(^) Caucasus.
Nil.
88134,
90003.
90351.
Of
90362.
89312.
The Germans apparently contemplate
trying to withdraw their troops to the
Ukraine by land, provided they can
the North Caucasus for their free pTsafe^ E ° lshevil£S and C ° SSacks
It is reported that the aim of the Tartars is to gain recognition as a
sejiarate nation at the final peace settle
ment. They are reported to have lately
thncn af i , ^ beej i resisting Turkish mobilization, v\ hile
those at Baku seem to be not unfriendly towards us.
f It appears that the Turks inaugurated
* a new North Caucasus repulic at Uarbend
towards the end of October. There are
899S0 several indications that they are trying
h’nn fn ln contravention of the Armistice condi
tion to evade evacuating the so-called Azarbaijar Republic.
In the North Caucasus, Bicharakoff at Petrovsk is still being attacked
89884 by a few Turkish troops and a force of
90362 ‘ local levies. His position is reported to
8991L be satisfactory, but he has already evacu-
afea considerable numbers of refugees. He is in touch with Denikin’s
v olunteer Army, which is reported to have captured Kislovodsk.
A report through Askabad states that
he has evacuated his troops to Enzeli and
Later information shows that this report is
correct.
9056P.
that the Tur^ks have occupied Petrovsk.
(c) Persia .—During the fighting against Saulat, the 11 Khani, Sardar
89653 Ehtasham is reported to have been deser
ted by practically the whole of his
Qashgai following The Consul, Shiiaz, considers that he is evidently not
StronP 1 finnnah tn o+Qv>rl *
strong enough to stand alone.
90027.
Since reported that he has fled to the hills
89374.
89245.
Zair Khidar of Tangistar came in
under a safe conduct on November 5th,
and promised to make a final reply to our
T , • ^ ^ terms on November 8tb.
It is reported that Nawab Khan, the Bamari chief, has made peace
overtures to Bahrain Khan, with the
object of their combining to resist attack
<* b t 5? 8 r o'« & 0^£“«M^oi g “ >s ” h
£ y* .0. C., horce D issued a proclamation at Baghdad on
8929 8. 2nd November announcing the victorious
of 11, restrictfons S ^}^° W1 *^t ^ of rlotS
H. M. Government are considering the whole question of policy in
89962. Mesopotamia vis-a-vis the French and to
ded that W , . . a 7 °id conflict with the latter have deci-
administration. P resent certain districts should remain under military
6. Caucasus.— G. O. C. commumeated the terms of the armistice to the
lurk Commander at Baku on 3rd Novem
ber. The latter’s reply was unsatisfac-
f - . ^ „ toi 'y and in connection with our occupa-
nof recognize. ^ G ‘ °- C ' D to the Azarbai j“ Republic which wc'do
G. O. C. “ D ” is sending further officers to Baku to inform the Turk
90562. Commanders concerned that unless the
i. ii terms of the Armistice are obeved im-
mediately both they and those acting with them will be treated as outlaws.
tr. U. O. 1 ) has agreed to General Thomson’s proposal that Bicharakov
89005 . should be invited to participate in the
n n 1 . . re-occupation of Baku.
Our 4 armed ships sailed from Enzeli on 3rd November. They were to
89005 . visit Bicharakov at Petrovsk and then
90571 . proceed to assist in the occupation of
Astakhan and destory Bolshevic shipping at that Port. ^ ^ t0 ^ r0Gee ^ to
89363.
89980.