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'History of the Great War based on Official Documents: Operations in Persia 1914-1919' [233v] (471/566)
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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412
OPERATIONS IN PERSIA
Affair of
Lardeh ;
October
1918.
guide said he knew. When they did not arrive, Major Franks
sent back an N.C.O., who returned saying that he could not
find them * Major Franks then sent another man back and,
as the men with him had no water, ammunition or support, he
went forward himself to extricate them. It took him a consider
able time to collect the various detached parties with their
captures. But he effected it soon after 1.30 p.m. and was
superintending the withdrawal of his rear party under a con
siderable and accurate enemy fire, when he heard firing break
out at the head of his column. Going forward there to ascertain
the situation, he discovered that the tribesmen had made their
way round and, holding positions commanding his line of
retreat, had surrounded him. His men, very tired and short of
water, had suffered over twenty more casualties and he realised
that, with these, it would be disastrous to attempt to continue
his retirement along the narrow homeward track, which could
only be traversed in single file and which the unclimbable
mountain sides made it impossible to protect with piquets.
He, therefore, decided to collect his men and hold a position
till relieved ; and this he did, finding a position surrounded
on three sides by hills which he could piquet and on the
fourth by a precipice. His main difficulties were lack of
water and shortage of ammunition, only 25 to 30 rounds a
man being left. Captain Wallace then volunteered to try to
get back to camp and started off about 3.30 p.m. taking one
man with him.f
Major Franks had had to leave some of his wounded men lying
out, and during the night Jemadar Nanajirao Palande made
two attempts to bring them in. But, being fired on at close
range, he failed, though he succeeded in getting in three in the
morning. The enemy kept on firing all night, though without
much effect, but about 8 a.m. on the 1st November began to
retire on the approach of the relief column.
This column General Elsmie had made arrangements to send
out early on the 1st as soon as he discovered that Major Franks s
column had not returned ; and at 10 p.m. on the 31st October
Captain Wallace reached camp and reported that Major
Franks's position was in little danger of assault, though it was
considerably harassed by fire. The relief column, comman e
by Lieutenant-Colonel W. J. H. Hunter, 1/1 17th Mahrattas, ana
* It transpired that the Persian guide had invented a message orden g
them to return to Borazjan. „ from the
t He subsequently picked up five men who had been cut on
vanguard.
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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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