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'History of the Great War based on Official Documents: Operations in Persia 1914-1919' [62v] (129/566)
The record is made up of 1 volume (279 folios). It was created in 1929. 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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94
OPERATIONS IN PERSIA
East Persia;
August 1915 *
had been rather indefinite, but showed that they had left Tabas
and indicated that they were bound for the area north of
Birjand, where the Cossacks were patrolling. On the 20th,
however, news was received that some Germans and about
two hundred Persians were moving from Khur towards Neh;
and Major Dale was sent off there at once with fifty sabres
and one hundred rifles. Next day Major Prideaux reported
that a party of Russian Cossacks had ascertained definitely
that, on the night 19th-20th, a party of six Germans, two
Indian Princes, two or three Turks, six Afridis and some sixty
armed retainers had crossed the Afghan frontier at Chah Rig.
A few days later it was reported that this party had reached
Herat.
The German accounts show that parties under the leadership
of Hentig and Niedermayer left Isfahan on the 1st and 6 th July
and, moving via Nain, Anarak and Mihrjan, concentrated for
rest and reorganisation, after a very trying march, at Chehar
Deh and Tabas between the 22nd and 25th July. At Tabas,
where they were unable to get transport animals but managed
to enlist twenty armed retainers, the reports they received of
the strength of the Russo-British cordon on the Meshed-
Seistan road dispelled any idea they had of trying to fight their
way through. Niedermayer, evidently discounting the fighting
qualities of most of his armed Persian following, asserts that
his fighting strength was only fifteen to twenty, without any
guns, machine guns or wireless. After sending a party of about
thirty armed sowars under Wagner to reconnoitre in the Tun-
Gunabad direction, the remainder of the expedition, leaving
Chehar Deh on the 26th and 28th July, moved via Deh Muham
mad to Aspek. Here, having learnt that some Russian troops
were at Tun and that others were moving from Turbat-i-
Haidari towards Birjand, a conference was held to discuss future
action. It was decided to divide the expedition into three
parties, of which two would endeavour to divert the enemy s
attention from the area which the third party would traverse
to reach Afghanistan. Becker, forming an advanced base with
sick men and animals near Aspek, was to move a short distance
northward and spread false information so as to induce the
Russians to concentrate towards Bushruyeh and the area nort
of it, while Wedig, with a convoy of camels laden with boxes
filled with stones, was to carry out a similar role in regar 0
the British in the south. The third party, i.e., men and anima s
destined for Afghanistan, was divided into two portions, one
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A confidential publication compiled, by arrangement with the Government of India, under the direction of the Historical Section of The Committee of Imperial Defence, by Brigadier-General FJ Moberly. The volume is part of the Official History of the Great War series produced by the British Government.
The volume begins with a preface by Moberly and is then divided into 11 (I-XI) chapters, plus appendices, as follows:
- Chapter I: Introductory
- Chapter II: August 1914 to June 1915, Enemy efforts to bring Persia into the War
- Chapter III: July to November 1915, Enemy action and Persian weakness necessitate Allied intervention
- Chapter IV: December 1915 to May 1916, Successful results of Allied operations
- Chapter V: May to December 1916, Turkish invasion of Western Persia and British measures in South and East Persia
- Chapter VI: December 1916 to August 1917, Effects of British success in Mesopotamia
- Chapter VII: September 1917 to April 1918, The failure of Persia to maintain her neutrality necessitates further British intervention
- Chapter VIII: May to July 1918, The effect in Persia of the German successes in France; and the anti-British outbreak in Fars
- Chapter IX: July to September 1918, The tide turns in favour of the Allies
- Chapter X: October to 11th November 1918, The effect of our victories
- Chapter XI: Conclusion
The volume contains fourteen maps, some of which are in a pocket in the inside back cover, as follows:
- 1. Operations at Bushire 1915 (folio 275)
- 2. Portion of Perso-Afghan frontier (folio 276)
- 3. Operations at Dilbar, 13th-15th August 1915 (folio 66)
- 4. Operations of General Dyer in Sarhad, April-August 1916 (folio 277)
- 5. Wanderings of German parties in Persia and Afghanistan (folio 278)
- 6. Affair of Dasht-i-Arjan, 25th September 1916 (folio 128)
- 7. Affair of Kafta, 5th July 1917 (folio 144)
- 8. Northern Fars (folio 177)
- 9. Action of Deh Shaikh, 25th May 1918 (folio 182)
- 10. Shiraz (folio 194)
- 11. Operations from Bushire, September 1918-January 1919 (folio 279)
- 12. Plan of East Persia L. of C. (folio 231)
- 13. Operations for relief of Firuzabad, October 1918 (folio 236)
- 14. Persia (folio 280)
The volume also includes a bibliography (folio 14).
- Extent and format
- 1 volume (279 folios)
- Arrangement
At the front of the volume there is a contents page (ff 6-14), list of maps (f 14), and list of illustrations (f 14). At the back of the volume is a general index (ff 269-73). All refer to the volume's original pagination.
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Foliation: the foliation sequence (used for referencing) commences at the front cover with 1, and terminates at the inside back cover with 281; 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 file also contains an original printed pagination sequence.
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