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'HISTORY OF THE GREAT WAR BASED ON OFFICIAL DOCUMENTS. THE CAMPAIGN IN MESOPOTAMIA 1914-1918. VOLUME I.' [31v] (67/454)
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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42 HISTORY OF THE WAR : MESOPOTAMIA
Constantinople we cordially wish will continue and prosper.
If, therefore, we could look forward to a settlement on
terms acceptable to the country of the railway question
in Mesopotamia .... the principal objection now
entertained to an increase in the Turkish customs duties,
which are, of course, the instrument by which we have a
hold upon these affairs, would at once fall to the ground.”
And he concluded :—
“ Here is no Alexander going from Europe to Asia—it
is a very different thing you have to think of ; here are
great rival international interests and a great movement
more difficult to adjust in all its elements. It is not merely
military; the military and strategic aspects are among a
whole congeries of elements that go towards the com
plication of questions of enormous importance both to
the political and commercial future of this country, and
therefore to the world.”
It had been freely stated in Parliament and the Press that
the Baghdad Railway could not be built without access to
the financial markets of Great Britain and France, but after
careful investigation of this point the British Government
arrived at the conclusion that these assertions were too
unqualified and that the assent of the Powers to the increase
of the Turkish customs duties was not an indispensable con
dition of the ultimate completion of the line.
. After Prolonged negotiations, the British Government
intimated in July 1912 to the Ottoman Government that, as
t ic question of British participation on terms acceptable to
them was likely to cause embarrassment to Turkey, and as
ey were anxious to reach a comprehensive understanding
without delay or controversy, they were prepared to withdraw
their request for British participation, if all British interests were
safeguarded by a satisfactory agreement on other points
enumerated. These included the following :
(a) An arrangement for the exclusion of differential treat-
ment on all railways in Asiatic Turkey.
(b) The admission of two British representatives, agreeable
to His Majesty’s Government, to the Board of the
Baghdad Railway Company.
l he terminus of the Baghdad Railway to be at Basra.
{U) A © railway to be continued beyond Basra in the direction
i-r ^r 6 • ^ >er ^ an Grdf without prior agreement with
is Majesty s Government and on conditions acceptable
to them.
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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
- Extent and format
- 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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