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'Critical Study of the Campaign in Mesopotamia up to April 1917: Part I - Report' [8r] (20/424)
The record is made up of 1 volume (208 folios). It was created in 1925. 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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Critical Study of the Campaign in Mesopo
tamia up to April 1917
CHAPTER I.
Origin of the Campaign and operations up to the occupation of Basra.
Wien war was declared on Germany on 4th August 1914, Turkey
was not a belligerent. Nevertheless, she had, as we now know, signed a
secret treaty with Germany on the 2nd August. It gradually became
evident that Turkey was going to take part in the war on the side of the
Central Powers. Towards the end of September 1914, in anticipation
of war with Turkey, the Military Secretary to 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.
, Sir
Edmund Barrow, wrote a memorandum entitled 44 The role of India in a
Turkish war."
Sir Edmund Barrow was strongly in favour of an expedition
being sent to occupy Basra. The conclusion of his minute ran as
follows :—
u So unexpected a stroke would have a startling effect.
(i) It would checkmate Turkish intrigues and demonstrate our
ability to strike.
(ii) It woufd encourage the Arabs to rally to us and confirm the
Sheikhs of Mohammerah and Kuwait in their allegiance to
us.
(iii) It would, safeguard Egypt, and without Arab support a Turkish
invasion is impossible.
(iv) It would effectually protect.the oil installation at Abadan."
The most important reason for the despatch of an expedition was,
undoubtedly, the protection of our oil interests. In 1914, the Admiralty
depended to a considerable extent on the oil from the Anglo-Persian
Oil Company's wells. At the present time, the Navy is more dependent
than ever on this source of oil supply ; for 75 per cent of the oil used by
the Navy comes from the fields of the A. P. 0. C. Owing to the import
ance attached by the Admiralty to these oil-fields, the British Govern
ment had, by 1914, become a large shareholder in the A. P. 0. C. The
oil wells are situated at Maidan-i-Naftun, 55 miles in a direct line N.N.E,
of Ahwaz. From the wells, the pipe line runs across the mountains and
desert some 150 miles to Abadan, where the refineries are located.
The wells and the pipe line are entirely in Persian territory. They
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The volume is Critical Study of the Campaign in Mesopotamia up to April 1917. Compiled by officers of the Staff College, Quetta, October-November 1923. Part I - Report (Calcutta: Government of India Press, 1925). The volume is published by the General Staff Army Headquarters, India.
The volume is divided into twenty-five chapters, which cover the whole campaign in detail from December 1914 to April 1917, including the origins of the campaign; the British advance on Baghdad-Ctesiphon; operations at Kut [Al-Kūt]; the capture of Baghdad; and general reflections on the campaign.
The volume includes nineteen photographic illustrations.
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- 1 volume (208 folios)
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There is a table of contents on folio 4. The volume also contains a list of illustrations (f 6) and list of maps and sketches that appear in Part II [IOR/L/MIL/17/15/72/2] (f 5). There is an index to the volume between ff 205-208.
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Foliation: the foliation sequence commences at 1 on the front cover and terminates at 210 on the inside back cover. The numbers are written in pencil, are enclosed in a circle, and appear in the top right hand corner of the recto The front of a sheet of paper or leaf, often abbreviated to 'r'. page of each folio. This is the sequence used to determine the order of pages.
Pagination: there is also an original printed pagination sequence numbered 2-361 (ff 8-208).
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