'Naval Staff monographs (historical) vol 4 no 15 - Naval operations in Mesopotamia and the Persian Gulf'
IOR/L/MIL/17/15/73
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The record is made up of 73 folios. It was created in 1921. 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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This monograph concerns operations in Mesopotamia and the Persian Gulf The historical term used to describe the body of water between the Arabian Peninsula and Iran. from the outbreak of war with Germany to the fall of Kut on 29th April 1916. It is organised into the following chapters: the theatre of operations; the attitutude of Turkey; the inception of the expedition; landing of the expedition; occupation of Basra; operations against Qurna, 4-9th December 1914; consolidation of the Basra position; occupation of Amara, 3rd June 1915; operations on the Euphrates: capture of Nasiriya, 5th July 1915; naval forces and general situation, summer 1915: operations at Bushire and Dilwar: decision to advance to Kut; capture of Kut and decision to advance to Baghdad; Battle of Ctesiphon, 22nd November 1915 and retreat to Kut; operations for the relief of Kut: Townshend surrenders, 19th April 1916.
The appendices are: telegrams, 1914; orders and instructions; naval forces. Also ten maps including: the Shatt al-Arab; the Euphrates between Basra and Nasiriya; operations for the releief of Kut.
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- 73 folios
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- 1 imageRef: IOR/L/MIL/17/15/73, p 36a1 imageRef: IOR/L/MIL/17/15/73, p 38a1 imageRef: IOR/L/MIL/17/15/73, p 421 imageRef: IOR/L/MIL/17/15/73, p 52a1 imageRef: IOR/L/MIL/17/15/73, p 60b1 imageRef: IOR/L/MIL/17/15/73, p 76a1 imageRef: IOR/L/MIL/17/15/73, p 98a1 imageRef: IOR/L/MIL/17/15/73, p 1191 imageRef: IOR/L/MIL/17/15/73, p 1211 imageRef: IOR/L/MIL/17/15/73, p 123
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Foliation. There is a foliation sequence, which is circled in pencil, in the top right corner of the recto The front of a sheet of paper or leaf, often abbreviated to 'r'. of each folio. It begins on the front cover, on number 1, and ends on the inside of the back cover, on number 73.
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- English in Latin script
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- 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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- IOR/L/MIL/17/15/73
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- 1921 (CE, Gregorian)
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- IOR/L/MIL/17/15/73, p 36a
- Title
- Plan 3 showing operations against Qurna, 4th December 1914
- Pages
- 36a
- Author
- Ordnance Survey
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- Public Domain
- Reference
- IOR/L/MIL/17/15/73, p 38a
- Title
- Plan 4 showing operations against Qurna, 8th December 1914
- Pages
- 38a
- Author
- Ordnance Survey
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- Public Domain
- Reference
- IOR/L/MIL/17/15/73, p 52a
- Title
- ‘Plan 6. Panorama from Fort Snipe to illustrate first phase of the operations against Amara’
- Pages
- 52a
- Author
- Ordnance Survey
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- Public Domain
- Reference
- IOR/L/MIL/17/15/73, p 60b
- Title
- ‘Plan 8. Sketch of W. end of Gurma Safha’
- Pages
- 60b
- Author
- Ordnance Survey
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- Public Domain
- Reference
- IOR/L/MIL/17/15/73, p 76a
- Title
- ‘Plan 9. Sketch Map of Battlefield of Kut Al ‘Amara’
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- 76a
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- Ordnance Survey
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- Public Domain
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- IOR/L/MIL/17/15/73, p 98a
- Title
- ‘Plan 10. Sketch Map to illustrate Operations for the Relief of Kut’
- Pages
- 98a
- Author
- Ordnance Survey
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- Public Domain
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- IOR/L/MIL/17/15/73, p 119
- Title
- ‘Plan 1. Mesopotamia’
- Pages
- 119
- Author
- Ordnance Survey
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- Public Domain
- Reference
- IOR/L/MIL/17/15/73, p 123
- Title
- ‘Plan 7. The Euphrates between Basra & Nasiriya, 24th June, 1915’
- Pages
- 123
- Author
- Ordnance Survey
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- Public Domain
- Reference
- IOR/L/MIL/17/15/73
- Title
- 'Naval Staff monographs (historical) vol 4 no 15 - Naval operations in Mesopotamia and the Persian Gulf'
- Pages
- front, back, spine, edge, head, tail, front-i, i-r:i-v, 1:36, 36b, 37:38, 38b, 39:41, 43:52, 52b, 53:60, 60a, 61:76, 76b, 77:98, 98b, 99:118, 120, 122, 124, ii-r:iii-v, back-i
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- East India Company, the Board of Control, the India Office, or other British Government Department
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- Open Government Licence
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- IOR/L/MIL/17/15/73, p 42
- Title
- ‘Plan 5 showing probable position of Turks near Rota, 21st Jan. 1915’
- Pages
- 42
- Author
- East India Company, the Board of Control, the India Office, or other British Government Department
- Usage terms
- Open Government Licence
- Reference
- IOR/L/MIL/17/15/73, p 121
- Title
- ‘Plan II. Mesopotamia. The Shatt Al Arab’
- Pages
- 121
- Author
- East India Company, the Board of Control, the India Office, or other British Government Department
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- Open Government Licence