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'HISTORY OF THE GREAT WAR BASED ON OFFICIAL DOCUMENTS. THE CAMPAIGN IN MESOPOTAMIA 1914-1918. VOLUME I.' [75v] (155/454)
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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130 HISTORY OF THE WAR : MESOPOTAMIA
with the current until within poling depth of the bank. In
wet weather, the lack of roads and of road metal impeded
if it did not stop, all landing work ashore; and there was a
difficulty in obtaining local labour. The native craft used
were mahailas and heliums. Mahailas are from thirty to eighty
feet long with a beam about one-third of their length. They
are generally open with small platforms fore and aft; they
carry a lateen sail, but in shallow water they are towed or
poled. Their carrying capacity is from ten to seventy-five tons.
Bellums are long and narrow, somewhat resembling the Venetian
gondola; about twenty feet long and three feet wide, they
are flat-bottomed, with a small platform at either end. They
are used for passengers and small goods traffic.
On the afternoon of the 22nd November, Major Brownlow, the
Deputy Judge Advocate-General of the force, was appointed
Military Governor, with Mr. Bullard, the late British Consul
at Basra, as his civil adviser, and Mr. Tom Dexter* as his
personal assistant. He started his work by sending for the
Mulkhtars (headmen) of the different wards and instructed
them to furnish night watchmen from the local population
to supplement the military patrols. Proclamation was also
made by beat of drum advising the inhabitants to proceed
peacefully with their ordinary business, warning them to
refrain from looting and directing them to deliver up all arms
in their possession.
On the 23rd, the force made a ceremonial entry, advancing
through the narrow lanes of Basra town to the Ashar bridge,
where the Union Jack was hoisted on the roof of one of the
principal buildings under a salute from the naval guns. The
troops presented arms and gave three cheers for His Majesty
the King, and the following proclamation was read in Arabic
by Sir P. Cox, in the presence of the leading notables of the
town :—
“ Proclamation
issued on behalf of the General Officer Commanding the
British Forces in occupation of Basra to the notables and
public of the town : 23rd November 1914.
“ Let it be known to all that from of old the British
Government has had many millions of Mahomedan subjects
* For thirty years an engineer in the Comet, the son of a bluejacket of the
old Indian navy and a Baghdadi lady, he had considerable influence among
the river Arabs. He was made prisoner in Kut al Amara when serving under
General Townshend and suffered some ill-usage at the hands of the Turks.
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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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