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'History of the Great War based on Official Documents: Operations in Persia 1914-1919' [181v] (367/566)
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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316
OPERATIONS IN PERSIA
Action of About 2.15 p.m. Colonel Orton received a message from Major
Shaikh; Stewart sa ying that he could see Major Bruce’s detachment in
:Sth i 9 i a 8 y the valley to the south ; and half an hour later a messenger
he had sent to Sangar Hill returned reporting all well there.
Colonel Orton had felt apprehensive lest enemy reinforcements
should arrive from the Khan-i-Zinian direction.
The advance from Gardan-i-Sagari started at about 3 p.m.
At 3.30 p.m. a few of the enemy on the main, range, to the east
of and above B.M.R. Ridge, attempted to outflank the party
with Colonel Orton, but were driven back by Lewis gun fire, and
Colonel Orton then ordered up the baggage column to Gardan-
i-Sagari, both to obtain better cover and to show the enemy’s
flankers’on the main ridge that we were advancing, i.e., winning
the day. In the meantime the main advance had made good
pj-Qgness and the enemy could be seen retreating south-east
ward. Colonel Orton consequently at 4 p.m. sent a message
to Major Stewart to work his way south-eastward half-way down
the Kuh-i-Phan, and he himself left for the Gardan-i-Sagari
with the party from B.M.R. Ridge so as to follow the main
attack with the baggage column and its escort.
The day’s action closed at about 7.30 p.m., by which time
Colonel Holbrooke’s infantry had driven the enemy across the
Qara Aghach river, near which the British made their camp.
The rear guard arrived at 8.15 p.m., but Major Stewart’s
company, which had been out of signalling communication wit
Colonel Orton since leaving the summit of Kuh-i-Phan, did not
march in till 9.50 p.m., after picking up and collecting many
exhausted men left behind by the main attack. The mount 0
troops under Captain De Brath had lost their way and a
made for Deh Shaikh post. But, again missing their road m
the darkness, they reached Chenar-i-Rahdar about midnig
and moved back to Deh Shaikh next morning. , ,,
It was calculated that the enemy strength in action ha 00
about 4,500 Qashqais and 300 Khamseh men of the batiarn
tribe, of whom nearly half had been mounted on poni 0
extremely nimble in getting about even on, the highes 1 ■
They had been well armed with two machine guns, n es
plenty of ammunition; and they had fought bravely, P re5 ^_
in quickly to attack or outflank wherever they saw an opp
tunity. They were estimated to have sustained between
and 700 casualties. „„ , ; *
The British casualties totalled 1 8 killed and 33 won
— — ~ ~Z T • tj r Dobbs,
* In addition to Major S. M. Bruce, 15th Lancers, Captai
3/124th Baluchis, was killed.
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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.
Pagination: the file also contains an original printed pagination sequence.
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