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'HISTORY OF THE GREAT WAR BASED ON OFFICIAL DOCUMENTS. THE CAMPAIGN IN MESOPOTAMIA 1914-1918. VOLUME I.' [165v] (335/454)
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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304 HISTORY OF THE WAR : MESOPOTAMIA
could again return to Aden. We request your sanction
to our authorising Nixon to capture Kut al Amara and to
employ 28th Brigade in the operation, which we calculate
would begin not later than early in September and
should be completed in time for the 28th Brigade to be
back in Aden by November.”
In the meantime Lord Hardinge, in his weekly private letters
to Mr. Chamberlain and in his private telegrams, had also
alluded to the military operations. On the 23rd July he wrote
that the situation on the
North-West Frontier
Region of British India bordering Afghanistan.
was satisfactory
for the moment, and that the attitude of the Amir of Afghani
stan was all that could be desired ; but that the Amir was
losing influence owing to his determination to maintain an
attitude of neutrality and his refusal to proclaim a Jahad.
It was always possible, Lord Hardinge said, that in that
turbulent country the Amir might be murdered or that he
might be swept off his legs by the rising of some powerful tribe.
Lord Hardinge said that he wanted aeroplanes badly for the
frontier, but could not get them from the War Office ; and he
had come to the conclusion that we could not stop the Germans
getting into Afghanistan ; in consequence of which he had
asked the Amir to intern them. On the 26th he had wired
in the sense of his official telegram of the 27th (given above)
and had expressed his opinion that the capture and occupation
of Kut was very necessary in order to ensure future tranquillity
both at Amara and Nasiriya. He had told Mr. Chamberlain
that there were then two cavalry regiments, six guns and
some infantry at and near Ahwaz for the protection of the
oil-pipe line ; but that this force appeared excessive, as there
were no Turks in Arabistan, and without Turkish encourage
ment the local tribes were not likely to interfere. He suggested,
however, that before reducing the force we should await
developments in Persia. In his letter of the 30th July he told
Mr. Chamberlain that at first both he and the Commander-in-
Chief had opposed the occupation of Kut al Amara, but that
they did so no longer, as it had been made clear to them that
it would enable us thoroughly to consolidate our position in
Mesopotamia.
The 28th Infantry Brigade alluded to in the Viceroy’s
telegrams of the 26th and 27th had been sent from Egypt to
prevent the Turks from overrunning Aden and was under the
command of Major-General G. Younghusband. On the 27th,
Mr. Chamberlain sent a private telegram to Lord Hardinge
informing him that Lord Kitchener wanted Younghusband’s
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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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