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'History of the Great War based on Official Documents: Operations in Persia 1914-1919' [114r] (232/566)
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 NUSHKI RAILWAY
193
as a half measure calculated neither to give speedy or adequate
relief to the existing situation nor to meet the wider strategical
considerations which they trusted might not arise.
During August the transport situation became critical, owing
almost entirely to the strain caused by the requirements of the
troops in Sarhad. General Dyer had increased his estimate of
the number of camels required in his command to 5,600, as well
as monthly drafts of at least 250 to replace wastage. At this
period he had a total of about 1,800 camels in East Persia,
while there were about 5,000 working between Nushki and
Saindak ; and the authorities, who were hard put to it to keep
up even this number of animals, had to warn General Dyer of
the imperative necessity for economy.
There had, in the meantime, been further telegraphic
discussion between London and Simla regarding the Nushki
railway extension. The Chief of the Imperial General Staff,
whose opinion had been asked by the
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.
for the
information of the War Committee of the Cabinet, considered
that the maintenance, and possibly the increase, of the force
in Seistan was necessary. But, though he expressly qualified
his opinion by the statement that his knowledge of the
situation was limited, he did not consider the railway extension
to be a cogent military necessity, as he favoured the use of
mechanical transport and the improvement of the road for
that purpose. The Commander-in-Chief in India then tele
graphed direct to the Chief of the Imperial General Staff and
informed him that owing to the lack of water it had been found
impracticable to make a water-bound Macadam road and it was
doubtful if the substitute being tried would stand wear. If it
did, 250 motor lorries would be required and, as there was no
reserve of vehicles or personnel in India, these would have to be
supplied and renewed by the War Office. On the other hand,
railway material and personnel could be made available at once
from Indian resources and the number of lorries required for
the Dalbandin-Mushki Chah section would be only 75, of which
33 were already available or in sight. A breakdown in the
maintenance of the existing force by animal transport was
dangerously near, and would be certain if the force had to be
increased or to extend its radius of action. This explanation
satisfied the Chief of the Imperial General Staff, and on his
advice the War Committee of the Cabinet approved, on the
22nd August, the railway extension to Dalbandin as an urgent
war measure.
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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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