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'History of the Great War based on Official Documents: Operations in Persia 1914-1919' [132v] (269/566)
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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228
OPERATIONS IN PERSIA
west Persia ; In West Persia the Turks appeared, during February, to be
February- ^ raw i n g i n their outlying detachments towards Hamadan, but
March 1917- there were n0 indications that they had withdrawn any ’con
siderable number of troops to Mesopotamia. The Russians,
however, abstained from any forward movement as they wished
to avoid possible infection from an epidemic resembling plague
from which the Turkish troops were said to be suffering.
Shortly after General Maude’s successful crossing of the
Tigris at the Shumran bend, the Turkish force at Hamadan
began to retire. As we now know, this was in accordance
with orders sent by Halil
Pasha
An Ottoman title used after the names of certain provincial governors, high-ranking officials and military commanders.
from the Tigris on the 23rd and
26th February. On the 28th the Chief of the Imperial General
Staff telegraphed to the Grand Duke Nicholas trusting that the
Russians would make every effort to co-operate with General
Maude by carrying out as early an offensive as the snow
permitted, especially towards Mosul. Although neither
Baratoff’s reinforcement nor Chernozuboff’s preparations had
been completed and the latter’s advance towards Mosul was
blocked by snow, the Grand Duke responded at once by ordering
them both to advance. Baratoff, who had already occupied
Bijar (on February 28th) took Hamadan on the 2nd and
Kermanshah on the 11th March. From there the deep snow
and the Turkish action in destroying the road and clearing the
country of inhabitants, animals and supplies, so increased the
already great supply and transport difficulties that the Russians
could only advance in reduced strength and with a limited
equipment. Consequently, their shortage of both guns and
ammunition enabled the Turks to hold the strong position they
had previously entrenched at the Pai Taq pass for ten days;
and it was not till the 31st March that Baratoff’s advanced
troops reached Qasr-i-Shirin.
South Persia; During February the situation at Shiraz remained quiet.
March^or; Th° u §h beginning of the month rebels captured a small
‘ South Persia Rifles post at Dasht-i-Arjan, they had withdrawn
again to Kazerun by the 13th. On that date Sir Percy Sykes
was joined by drafts of 100 Indian troops, who had moved via
Ahwaz and Isfahan to Shiraz ; and four days later 45 German
and Austrian prisoners there were marched off under an
Indian escort to be handed over to the Russians at Kumisheh.
The reinforcing column from India, under Lieutenant-Colonel
G. R. Vanrenen, after concentrating at Bandar Abbas, started
for Shiraz on the 27th February, moving in two echelons at
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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.
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