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'History of the Great War based on Official Documents: Operations in Persia 1914-1919' [‎96r] (196/566)

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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the Sarhaddis. But he first sent out and invited the four tribal
chiefs to meet him at Kacha to discuss the situation. As,
however, only the chief of the Rekis—who had been consistently
friendly to the British—accepted this invitation, General Dyer
realised that he must regard the Ismailzais and Damanis as
definitely hostile. He accordingly began to prepare to operate
against them and about the middle of March went to Nasratabad
(Seistan) to see how many men could be spared from there for a
movable column.
He had already had to divert men from the cordon to try to
stop the raiding against the convoys on the Nushki-Robat line
and he found that he could only draw twelve sabres, twenty
rifles and the two mountain guns from Nasratabad, while of
103 men of the 19th Punjabis at Kacha he discovered that 69 had
never yet fired their rifles. His supply situation, however, was
critical and on the 30th March he telegraphed to India saying
that a quick method of diverting the raiders would be for him
to advance with a small force of one troop of cavalry, two
mountain guns and 50 rifles, accompanied by Kurd and Reki
tribesmen who were willing to co-operate, to Khwash, to punish
the Damanis. Though the raids against his line of communi
cation were continuing, General Dyer learnt that a German
party returning to Bam after visiting Bahram Khan at Bampur
had been plundered by Bahram Khan's men. This was good
news, as it showed that Colonel Dew's efforts to win over the
hostile chiefs were meeting with success. On the 31st March
the Chief of the General Staff in India telegraphed that the
Commander-in-Chief approved General Dyer's proposal to move
against Khwash.
By this time General Dyer had formulated proposals for a
redistribution of his force as follows :—
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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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