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'History of the Great War based on Official Documents: Operations in Persia 1914-1919' [99r] (202/566)
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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DYER’S OPERATIONS
163
ii On the 9th April he marched with his column to Ladis,
where he was joined by a band of about forty Rekis and wdiere,
hearing that Jiand Khan was coming in to surrender, he halted
on the 10th. This report, however, proved to be untrue and
next morning the column continued its southerly advance,
having received a slight accession in strength by the arrival
of sixty more Rekis, a handful of Chagai levies and a small
tribal escort accompanying the local Persian official who was
responsible for maintaining relations with the Sarhaddis.
Most of the Rekis, however, were either badly armed or not
§kn| armed 3«t cill
The movement continued on the 12th, Sangun being reached
without incident. Next morning, after advancing four miles
®, or S0) General Dyer’s scouts reported Jiand Khan’s men in
position on a line of low hills about half a mile to the front.
From a personal reconnaissance General Dyer estimated that
the tribesmen numbered about 2,000, as had been previously
reported, and he saw that they had a strong position. His
own strength and dispositions were concealed by the hilly
i re ground and, trusting that the enemy believed his strength
'ill# to be much greater, he decided that his best course was to
attack at once. He accordingly ordered his guns into position
on some low' hills to his left, his cavalry to move forward under
, b cover on his right and his machine guns to a favourable position
in his centre. His six hundred camels were brought up and
placed under cover in charge of about sixty recruits of the
19th Punjabis, while the remaining handful of infantry and
For,ii levies were detailed to carry out the assault.
Dvj: As the troops were moving into position, two of the enemy
tat IS bearing a flag of truce arrived with a message from Jiand Khan
offering to meet General Dyer half-way between the forces to
stB-' discuss the situation. General Dyer, however, could not afford
to risk discovery of his weakness, especially as the flag of truce
seemed to show that the enemy thought the British to be in
strength ; and he refused to negotiate, sending back word that
he meant to attack at once. He then sent orders to his cavalry
:r.S- to demonstrate as if they intended to get round the enemy’s
' left, and as soon as the messenger had had time to get back,
pro-' i.e„ at 7.50 a.m., General Dyer ordered fire to be opened.
Jiand Khan, seeing his retreat threatened and believing that
5,000 men were attacking, mounted his camel and fled, fol
lowed by his men who scattered in such haste that by 9 a.m.
they were all out of sight, seven of them, including Jiand
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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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