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'HISTORY OF THE GREAT WAR BASED ON OFFICIAL DOCUMENTS. THE CAMPAIGN IN MESOPOTAMIA 1914-1918. VOLUME I.' [168r] (340/454)
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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OPERATIONS AT BUSHIRE
309
The British garrison at Bushire was reinforced by a squadron
of the 16th Cavalry and the 11th Rajputs from Basra, the
43rd Erinpura Regiment being sent from India to replace the
Rajputs in Mesopotamia.
Bushire town and its administration having been taken over
on the 8th August, a combined naval and military expedition
was despatched against Dilwar.* Landing having been effected
on the 13th in the face of considerable opposition, punitive
operationsf were carried out till the night of the 15th/16th, by
which time Dilwar fort and village had been captured and
destroyed. The force then returned to Bushire, where
Brigadier-General Brooking, commanding the 33rd Brigade in
Mesopotamia, was now sent by General Nixon to take command.
Hostilities of a desultory nature against General Brooking’s
force at Bushire were carried out by Persian tribesmen until the
9ch September, when an attack by some six hundred of them
gave General Brooking the opportunity he desired. He counter
attacked and inflicted a severe defeat on them on that day,
which, for the time being, put an end to enemy activity near
Bushire. The operations were carried out in extreme heat,
and cost the British over one hundred and fifty naval and
military battle casualties, besides many due to the climate.
The Russians also were much concerned at the Persian
Government’s inaction in the face of the continued German
hostile activities; and, in support of our common policy,
Russian troops were landed at Enzeli on the Caspian at the
beginning of September. This had the desired effect of
bringing home to the Persian Government where the German
action was likely to lead them ; and they seemed at last
inclined to consider the question seriously. The effect at the
oil-fields was also almost immediate; and General Nixon
reported on the 16th September that the situation had much
improved, and that four leading Bawi Shaikhs had made
formal submission to the Shaikh of Mohammerah.
During August the Indian authorities had many causes for
anxiety. German schemes for landing arms in India, to assist
the revolutionary plots already subsidised by them, had come
to light; military precautions had to be taken on the North-
West Frontier to meet a Jahad by Mohmands, Swatis and
Bunerwals, which was expected to materialise at the end of
* H.M.S. Juno, Pyramus, Lawrence and Dalhousie, with half the 96th
Infantry and two machine guns.
■f It has been decided not to describe operations in Persia in any detail in
this history.
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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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