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'History of the Great War based on Official Documents: Operations in Persia 1914-1919' [‎100v] (205/566)

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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OPERATIONS IN PERSIA
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Affair of with the result that a good many of the very young Puni v
13th April recruits were seized with panic and broke before they couldbe
1916. stopped. Most of them, however, were rallied in time to sto
the enemy's charge when it got within about forty yards P
though they could not stop some two hundred of the tribesmen
sweeping past the flanks and attacking the transport. The
fighting continued till dusk* when the raiders made off with
their looted herds, some twenty-two of our camels and five
boxes of our ammunition, at an estimated loss, however, of 45
men killed, including three of their leaders. The British
casualties totalled 27, including Second-Lieutenant W. H
Chalmers and ten of the 19th Punjabis killed. Captain Bennett
withdrew after dark to Garagheh. He was subsequently
commended by the G.O.C. Quetta Division for the conspicuous
coolness and gallantry he had displayed.
Next day, Captain Wise encountered a part of the raiders
about six miles to the south-west of Gorandi and attacked them
with such success that they fled, leaving about 150 camels,
most of their plunder and about 30 dead. The British casual
ties were only two.
The news of this affair strengthened General Dyer in his
opinion that it would be necessary for him to march at once to
Galugan and secure Juma Khan's submission. Leaving the
head of the Reki tribe with a few of his men and five rifles of
the 19th Punjabis—which was all the force he could spare-
to hold Khwash fort, General Dyer with his column and accom
panied by Jiand and Halil with their followers started off on
the 19th April. Galugan was reached on the 24th April without
opposition and Juma Khan made his submission, his readiness
to do this being largely due to the losses he had sustained on
the 13th and 14th.f Next day the column accompanied by
the three chiefs started on its return march. Kacha was
reached on the 28th April and on the 30th General Dyer held
a darbar A public or private audience held by a high-ranking British colonial representative (e.g. Viceroy, Governor-General, or member of the British royal family). , when the chiefs signed an agreement and swore on
the Koran to be friendly to the British Government and to
give timely warning of the approach of any German agents or
parties. They were then given presents of money and allowed
to return to their homes.
Kundi- Although General Dyer's movement into Sarhad had brought
17-1 8th ^out a diminution of raiding on his line of communication, a
April 1916. serious attack on a British convoy was carried out by a body
of about two hundred tribesmen on the night 17 th/ 18 th April
* Sunset was about 6.25 p.m.
f These, it was ascertained later, had amounted to about 150.
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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)
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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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