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'History of the Great War based on Official Documents: Operations in Persia 1914-1919' [88v] (181/566)
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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144
OPERATIONS IN PERSIA
Several German accounts show that Goltz saw little chance of
success for his Persian mission. In an appreciation of the
situation, which he sent to Constantinople and Berlin on the
16th February* Goltz gave his opinion in unequivocal
terms. The Germans, he said, had got no return for the vast
sums of money they had spent and had promised to spend in
Persia. The tribes were thoroughly unreliable, and the failure
to produce the arms and munitions which the Germans had
promised them had done much harm to the German cause. If
Colonel Bopp, who, he said, described the Persian enterprise
as already shattered, had to retire from Kermanshah, Goltz
would try to make it possible for him to maintain himself at
Qasr-i-Shirin. In conclusion, Goltz attributed the unsatisfac
tory situation of the Turkish forces in both the Eastern theatres
of war to the excessive demands of the Dardanelles operations,
About this time Goltz diverted to Persia, in response to
urgent appeals from Bopp, four more Turkish infantry
battalions from the Tigris. These, however, were too late to
save Kermanshah, which was captured by Baratoff on the 25tli
February. Bopp retired to the Pai Taq pass and Baratofi
pushed his advanced troops towards Karind, his main body
remaining at Kermanshah. Though by this time Baratoffs
total force seems to have numbered about 9,000 sabres, 10,000
rifles and 36 guns, they were distributed over a wide area,
His strength at Kermanshah did not exceed 1,400 sabres, 3,000
rifles and 20 guns, and supply and transport difficulties
hampered his operations considerably. «
South Persia ; In the latter half of February there was a difference of opinion
Feb i 9 i 6 y fr etween India and Tehran in regard to the role of the Sykes
Mission. According to the Government of India its primary
object should be to raise a force of military police, beginning
at Bandar Abbas and gradually extending to Kerman and the
rest of South Persia. Then, by linking up with the nucleus
in Seistan, this force would provide the necessary instrument
for the restoration and maintenance of order. On the other
hand, Mr. Marling, realising that this would take time, con
sidered that its immediate aim should be to assist Qawam
For this purpose Sir Percy Sykes, taking with him money,
men, arms and ammunition, should get into touch with Qawani
as soon as possible at whatever place was most convenien
* Given in full in Appendix I.
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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).
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- 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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