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'History of the Great War based on Official Documents: Operations in Persia 1914-1919' [89v] (183/566)
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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146
OPERATIONS IN PERSIA
East Persia; Information received by Colonel Wikeley in the first half of
Jan i 9 iZ J anuar y indicated that the Germans at Kerman were likely to
(See Map 2.) use either the Khabis-Neh line of advance or that via Naiband
to Birjand. Owing to the lack of water, however, both these
routes appeared to be unsuitable for the movement of large
bodies of men. A party of three Germans with a number of
Persian sowars was also reported to have reached Bam in the
second week of January and to be instigating Sarhaddis and
Baluchis in the neighbourhood to join in the Jahad and attack
the British.
On the 18th January Colonel Wikeley learnt that Seiler,
two Germans and sixteen armed followers had reached Deli
Salm, a village on the borders of the Kain highlands and the
Dasht-i-Lut; that they were being followed by a second party
of some strength; and that two other parties intended to attack
Birjand and move towards Robat respectively. The news of
the German arrival at Deh Salm had been brought into Neh
the previous day by one of the local British intelligence agents,
who had been taken prisoner by the German party at Deh
Salm on the 16th but had managed to escape the same evening,
Lieutenant J. Brownlow (28th Light Cavalry) at once set out
from Neh with fifty sabres and reached Deh Salm early on the
18th, while a party of infantry and levies followed him in sup
port. On approaching Deh Salm his cavalry made a detour
in the hope of cutting the enemy off, but found that they had
left the village and had taken up a position on a ridge to the
westward. Here Lieutenant Brownlow’s men made attempts
to surround them, but they retreated fighting further into the
hills and maintained their hold of the commanding heights till
dark with the loss of only one of their number, Lieutenant
Winkelmann, who was taken prisoner. The remainder with
their camels succeeded in effecting their escape after dark.
On the 18th Colonel Wikeley had also started off with the
bulk of the force at Nasratabad to march to Neh. But his
advance was delayed by difficulty in getting boats to cross the
Hamun which was in flood; and his column did not reach
Neh till the 24th, when he learnt that Seiler's party had returned
to Khabis. As Seiler was unlikely to attempt another advance
by the same route in the near future and as there was insuffi'
cient forage for animals at Neh, Colonel Wikeley left that
place on the 27th and moved back with the greater part o
his column to Seistan.
It appears from German accounts that over forty Germans
and Austrians were at Kerman at the beginning of January.
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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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