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'HISTORY OF THE GREAT WAR BASED ON OFFICIAL DOCUMENTS. THE CAMPAIGN IN MESOPOTAMIA 1914-1918. VOLUME I.' [58v] (121/454)
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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96 HISTORY OF THE WAR : MESOPOTAMIA
as to the scope of operations would come from the India
Office.
We shall see in the next chapter how the Government
of India interpreted these instructions in the orders they
issued to General Delamain and the extent to which they
were modified by 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.
when hostilities against
Turkey were ordered to commence.
In the meantime, telegrams from Sir L. Mallet reported
that Turkish military preparations were being pushed forward
everywhere, and it appeared to him that if the Goeben attacked
the Russian fleet in the Black Sea, or if things should take an
unfavourable turn for the Allies, the Turks would have their
troops ready for action at a favourable point, and that they
would be in a position to cross the Egyptian frontier without
much further delay. At the same time, Sir L. Mallet considered
that the Turks did not then intend to make war, but that
they were falling in with German designs in order to extract
as much as possible from Germany—and it was in his opinion
an undoubtedly dangerous game for the Turks to play, as he
did not see how they could prevent Germany taking matters
into her own hand. Our Military Attache derived the im
pression from a long interview with Enver
Pasha
An Ottoman title used after the names of certain provincial governors, high-ranking officials and military commanders.
that he had
ambitious schemes in the Arab world and in Egypt, and,
although he disclaimed any intention of initiating offensive
movements, Enver admitted that some of the measures taken
were precautionary against Great Britain, and that proposals
had been made to the Bedouins to enlist their sympathies as
supporters of the Turkish Empire in all eventualities.
At this time the Vali of Basra was adopting a most hostile
attitude to the presence of our ships of war in Persian waters
at and near Mohammerah, and this in spite of an assurance
given to Sir L. Mallet on the 7th by the Grand Vizier that the
Vali had been instructed to avoid all interference with H.M.
ships in the Shatt al Arab. The anomalous position in this
river has already been referred to in a preceding chapter, but
it was impossible for us to acquiesce in a refusal to allow our
ships access to Mohammerah, where the Shaikh was dependent
on us for protection against the Turks, or to Abadan, on which
the Admiralty were dependent for a large part of their oil
fuel. In the negotiations of 1913 over the Turco-Persian
frontier, when the Persian claim for a mid-channel boundary
line in the Shatt al Arab had been abandoned, it was understood
that the right of access to Abadan and Mohammerah would
remain unimpaired. To have relinquished our claim to free
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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)
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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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