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'HISTORY OF THE GREAT WAR BASED ON OFFICIAL DOCUMENTS. THE CAMPAIGN IN MESOPOTAMIA 1914-1918. VOLUME I.' [28r] (60/454)
The record is made up of 1 volume (223 folios). It was created in 1923. 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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BRITISH PRE-WAR POLICY.
F OR the military student, one of the chief interests in
the study of the relations of one country with another
lies in the strategical results which have been achieved by
statecraft or as is more generally the case—which have
been brought about by circumstances beyond the control of
statesmen. Such results are often of no obvious military
significance; they may arise from physical, political, or
economic conditions, whose direct or indirect influence on the
strategical situation may not be immediate nor even immedi
ately apparent; they may occur in regions remote from the
area to which they will apply ; their influence may vary with
different periods ; and their bearing is constantly affected by
the happenings in the different dominions of the nations to
whom they apply. The systems of government of the different
countries, their resources, their needs, the motives and senti
ments which sway their governments and the different races
under those governments, besides their potential military
strengths, are all factors in the problem. It will be seen,
therefore, how complex and comprehensive any really adequate
narrative of our past relations with Turkey would have to be.
For these have covered many regions and many subjects.
Moreover we are not as yet in a position to know the whole
truth concerning them. All that can be attempted here is to
epitomise those salient facts, which, by the prominence they
have attained during the course of the world war, appear to be
specially relevant to this history.
So long as it was traversed only by indifferent communica
tions, Mesopotamia—the most direct route from south-eastern
Europe to the Persian Gulf—was of minor strategic importance
to Great Britain ; but, as the construction of the Baghdad
railway progressed, the significance of this avenue of approach
became more and more apparent. At the same time, Turks
and Germans were displaying an active and increasing interest
in this area and in adjacent territories, where British influence
had for years been predominant and where intervention by
aggressive powers was not compatible with the security of
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The volume is the first volume of an official government publication compiled at the request of the Government of India, and under the direction of the Historical Section of the Committee of Imperial Defence, by Brigadier-General Frederick James Moberly. The volume was printed and published at His Majesty's Stationery Office, London.
The contents provide a narrative of the operations of 1914-1918 in Mesopotamia, based mainly on official documents.
The volume is divided into two parts. The first part, entitled, 'Part I. Before the Outbreak of Hostilities', consists of the following five chapters:
- General Description of the Country
- The Turks in Mesopotamia
- British Pre-War Policy
- The Army in India and Pre-War Military Policy
- Inception of the Operations
The second part, entitled, 'Part II. The Campaign in Lower Mesopotamia', consists of the following seven chapters:
- The Landing in Mesopotamia of Force "D" and the Operations Leading to the Occupation of Basra
- The Occupation of Basra and the Capture of Qurna
- Commencement of the Turkish Counter-Offensive
- Development and Defeat of the Turkish Counter-Offensive
- Operations in Arabistan and the Capture of Amara
- Operations on the Euphrates and the Occupation of Nasiriya
- The battle of Kut and Occupation of Aziziya
The volume also includes nine maps, entitled:
- The Middle East
- Lower Mesopotamia
- Map 1 - To illustrate operations described in Chapter VI
- Map 2 - To illustrate fighting near Qurna
- Map 3 - To illustrate fighting round Shaiba
- Map 4 - To illustrate operations in Persian Arabistan
- Map 5 - To illustrate operations in the Akaika Channel 27th June to 5th July 1915
- Map 6 - To illustrate operations near Nasiriya 6th to 24th July 1915
- Map 7 - To illustrate the Battle of Kut 28th September 1915
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- 1 volume (223 folios)
- Arrangement
The volume contains a page of errata (folio 5), a list of contents (folios 6-8), a list of maps and illustrations (folio 9), appendices (folios 185v-192), an index (folios 192v-214v), and eight maps in a pocket attached to the inside back cover (folios 217-224).
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Foliation: the foliation sequence commences at the inside front cover with 1 and terminates at the inside back cover with 225; 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.
Pagination: the volume also contains an original printed pagination sequence.
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- front, back, spine, edge, head, tail, front-i, 2r:3r, 4r:216v, back-i
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