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'History of the Great War based on Official Documents: Operations in Persia 1914-1919' [157r] (318/566)
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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RUSSIANS LEAVING KHURASAN 275
war enjoying complete liberty, some of them actively assisting
the Bolsheviks or engaged in anti-British propaganda. The
War Office had received information that the German General
Staff, advised by the Indian Committee at Berlin, had considered
several plans for designs against India, but had come to the
conclusion that the only hope of success lay in organising an
attack from Afghanistan ; and during December it became
known that there was much current talk in Turkey of a project
to send German officers, released from Russian internment
camps, to Afghanistan, where it was believed that the Amir's
attitude towards the British had completely altered owing to
the Russian revolution.
Although we had no reason to believe this or to doubt the
Amir's loyalty, there was no doubt that the released prisoners
of war in Turkestan were a potential source of danger. Conse
quently, on the 20th December the Government of India asked
H.M. Government if there was any likelihood of the northward
extension of the British cordon in East Persia which had been
mooted in October. If so, they would like early intimation and
also sanction to begin preliminary preparations for the consider
able arrangements which would be necessary to ensure the
proper maintenance of any force sent north of Birjand. Two
days later news was received in India that the Russian Cossacks
holding the northern portion of the cordon had been ordered to
concentrate at Meshed in readiness to leave Persia. Lieu
tenant-Colonel W. H. Grey, the Consul-General at Meshed,
also represented that when the Russian troops left Khurasan
it would be desirable to replace them by British troops in order
to check the anti-British activities of Persian extremists, to
secure escaped enemy prisoners of war and to ensure the safety
of the roads.
In accordance with orders from H.M. Government, instruc
tions were sent to Colonel Dale at the beginning of January that
the troops under his command were to extend northward to
take over the cordon from Birjand to Sarakhs, which the
Russians were evacuating. He was at the same time informed
that he would be reinforced forthwith by headquarters and
two squadrons 28th Light Cavalry and headquarters and two
sections 24th Company, Sappers and Miners. For road-testing
purposes he was also being sent as soon as possible a motor van
unit of eleven vans and a workshop lorry. He was instructed
to improve the road between Robat and Birjand to a light-
motor-traffic standard, to sink wells and to take other necessary
measures for the improvement of communications. As it was
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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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