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'History of the Great War based on Official Documents: Operations in Persia 1914-1919' [189v] (383/566)
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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330
OPERATIONS IN PERSIA
At 12.15 p.m., when the advanced section of mountain guns
was in action about half a mile east of Ahmadabad and all
but a half-company of the Baluchis were clear of that village,
the Burma Mounted Rifles, retiring in line of squadron columns
about seven hundred yards south of West Janat, were suddenly
charged from the westward by a body of three or four hundred
Qashqais ; and at the same time they came under a sudden
fire from West Janat which caused a number of casualties,
including Lieutenant-Colonel Dyer and Captain M. J. Murray
wounded. Behaving with great coolness, the Burma Mounted
Rifles halted and dismounted to turn and face the enemy,
A fire-fight continued for half an hour. The four guns with
Colonel Orton at once began to fire rapidly over the heads of
the Burma Mounted Rifles, the headquarter troop of 15th
Lancers was sent forward to reinforce them, a message was sent
to Colonel Vanrenen to open rapid gun fire against the southern
edges of the Bagh-i-Janat, and most of the Baluchis from near
Ahmadabad were sent up in support. The Qashqais displayed
great bravery and in places got within two hundred yards of the
Burma Mounted Rifles, but the increasing volume of fire they
encountered was too much for them and by 1.15 p.m. they had
fallen back, having sustained heavy losses.
This was practically the end of the fight, as the tribesmen
soon all withdrew out of action and Colonel Orton’s rear guard
arrived back at Shiraz about 3.30 p.m. without further trouble,
Colonel Orton had achieved his object most successfully, it
being estimated that of about 3,200 tribesmen engaged, 200
had been killed and 300 wounded ; the total British losses being
5 killed and 24 wounded. Next day Sir Percy Sykes tele
graphed to India expressing his high appreciation of the disci
pline, gallantry and soldierly spirit of the Burma Mounted Rifles.
In spite of this success, anti-British agitation increased in the
Shiraz ; city, where mullahs were openly preaching a Jahad and were
Tuni^roi? i nc iti n g the mob to take action against all who helped t e
* British. This had already resulted in loss and injury to some
of the South Persia Rifles, and Sir Percy Sykes telegraphed on
the morning of the 17th June that the strain on the ar
Brigade was so great that if it continued they were likely soo
to leave the British side. Farman Farma and Qawam,
continued, did not seem to be doing their best to restore or e <
apparently hoping thereby to force H.M. Governmen
concede the large demands they had both already nia e
pensions and pecuniary compensation for losses they mg
suffer by siding openly with the British.
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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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