'History of the Great War based on Official Documents: Operations in Persia 1914-1919' [151v] (307/566)
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
o erations an( ^ ^ wo pl^oons and the machine gun section of the
byThe Sykes Baluchis were directed to capture the rocky spur to the wes^
Mission ; Their advance, covered by the fire of the mountain gun
SeVt ioi 7 commenced at 9.40 a.m. Twenty minutes later another platoon
7 * of the Baluchis was ordered to advance directly against the
village and the guns moved forward to give closer support
The tribal riflemen had good cover and kept up a heavy foe
but by 10.15 a.m. the Baluchis had gained a footing on the lower
slopes of the western spur and had begun, under cover of their
machine-gun fire, to fight their way upward. By 10.30 a.m
the Burma Mounted Infantry had turned the enemy's left
flank, and, ten minutes later, the tribesmen in this part of the
position were seen to be fleeing northward. By 11 a.m. the
fort, which had been evacuated, was in our hands; and
immediately afterwards the Baluchis reported that they held
the western spur and were working round to the north of the
village. By 11.30 a.m. all fighting had ceased, as the enemy,
leaving eight dead and one wounded behind him, had fled at
a great pace, and the nature of the country prohibited
pursuit. Our own casualties only amounted to two. This
rapid success owed much to the skilful handling of their men by
officers and non-commissioned officers and to the dash and
enterprise displayed by all ranks.
Next day, after destroying the village and fort at Khwaja
Jamali, the column marched off southward to Kushkak, where
it met the Niriz Column, which had encountered no opposition.
The combined columns then marched to Niriz, which they
reached on the 2nd October.
For the second phase of the operations, it was arranged to
visit an area still farther north, one column advancing north
ward from Niriz and another south-westward from Anar. The
two columns were to meet at Marvas, whence one column would
work westward and eventually return to Shiraz whilst the other
was to move south-eastward to Saidabad.
The column formed at Niriz was termed the Shiraz Column and
was commanded by Lieutenant-Colonel E. F. Orton. It con
sisted of one squadron 15th Lancers, one squadron Burma
Mounted Infantry, the section 23rd Mountain Battery, one
troop South Persia Rifles cavalry, one company 3/124th
Baluchis, one section No. 162 Indian Field Ambulance, a
demolition party of Persian labourers trained in the use of
explosives, and a supply column carrying twenty days’ rations
for men and two days’ for animals. The Kerman Column,
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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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