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'History of the Great War based on Official Documents: Operations in Persia 1914-1919' [67r] (138/566)
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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BUSHIRE
101
incurring considerable casualties on coming into the open. The
enemy’s strength was estimated at five to six hundred, which
showed that tribesmen from elsewhere had joined the men of
Dilbar. Their attack against New Dilbar gradually developed
from south, east and north, but it was held in check without
difficulty.
As soon as the fort had been captured, Major Wintle had
begun to destroy both it and the village ; and when this was
completed, he started to withdraw to the base camp. The
retirement by the north end of Old Dilbar was well carried out,
being covered by the detachment which had been left there
during the advance and by the fire of the naval guns. Our
total casualties for the day amounted to only six wounded.
Re-embarking that night without enemy opposition, the force
returned to Bushire.
The operations had been carried out in great heat and under
very trying conditions and, as General Nixon said in his Des
patch, reflected great credit on all concerned. The total
casualties* amounted to 66 (including 11 from heatstroke),
most of them having been incurred during the fighting which
followed the unfortunate mistake on the 14th.
The Bushire peninsula, which is some twelve miles long and Bushire;
from one to four miles wide, is practically an island, as the ^^Map 9 i 5 j
flats which connect it with the mainland, and which are known
as the mashileh, are covered at times by the tide. These
flats extend eastward for about twelve miles, are open
and waterless and, except when covered by the sea, are passable
by all arms. The town of Bushire is at the northern apex of
the peninsula, but the cable-house, telegraph station, British
Residency
An office of the East India Company and, later, of the British Raj, established in the provinces and regions considered part of, or under the influence of, British India.
and other buildings occupied by the foreign colony
lie in a wide circle round the old fort of Rishahr about half
way down the peninsula. Between the slight ridge on which
the British
Residency
An office of the East India Company and, later, of the British Raj, established in the provinces and regions considered part of, or under the influence of, British India.
is situated and Bushire town the sandy
plain is dotted with villages, houses and palm groves.
To defend this area against attack from the mainland with
the small force available was, therefore, not an easy task. To
cover Bushire, Rishahr and the important buildings, the British
troops had taken up an outpost line six miles long, which
* 1 naval officer (Commander T. C. A. Blomefield, R.N.), 5 seamen,
1 marine and 8 Indian ranks killed ; 1 naval officer, 12 seamen, 12 marines
and 15 Indian ranks wounded. Major Wintle had a bullet through his
helmet and three bullet grazes on legs and arms.
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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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