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'History of the Great War based on Official Documents: Operations in Persia 1914-1919' [255v] (517/566)
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
Bushire Field After the new camel road over the Mallu pass had been com-
December pleted, the striking force (less the cavalry squadron and a section
1918 . of the machine gun company) concentrated on the 19th Decem
ber at Gharum, five miles from the Kamarij pass, to the summit
of which the track ascended steeply through a rocky and
precipitous defile. That afternoon, from a high hill which
commanded the summit of the pass from the west at a range of
4,500 yards, General Elsmie could see some 100 or 150 of the
enemy building sangars along the main ridges ; and he decided
to attack next morning. A direct attack was to be made by the
1 /55th Rifles, advancing under cover of fire from the mountain
guns on this high hill and of rifle and machine gun fire provided
by the 1/117th Mahrattas and a section of the machine gun
company posted on a ridge to the south-west of the pass ; and
the l/127th Baluchis were to advance up the main range well
to the left, so as to gain the crest about a mile to the north of
the pass and cut off the enemy's retreat to Rahdar.
The attack took place as arranged. Under an accurate and
effective covering fire the l/55th Rifles, under Lieutenant-
Colonel H. E. Herdon, went forward without a check and cleared
the summit at the cost of only three casualties. They then
pressed on and occupied Kamarij village. The casualties of
the enemy, who had fought well, are unknown ; but they do not
appear to have been heavy, the 127th Baluchis not having
reached the crest in time to take part in the action.
Kazerun, which was only about twenty miles from Kamarij,
could have been occupied without difficulty. But as the transport
and supply arrangements were incomplete, a pause was made in
the British advance; and General Elsmie's troops were employed
in carrying out reconnaissances and in improving the routes
leading from Charum into the Kazerun valley. At first the enemy
strove to interfere with the working parties by long range fire,
but after the 27th December, when he was attacked and driven
off the neighbouring hills, he attempted no further hostilities.
On the 23rd December General Douglas reported that
Wassmuss and Oertel, saying that they had received no orders
from their own Government and could not recognise our
authority, declined to come in. It is noteworthy, in this con
nection, that the armistice terms with Germany did not
specifically apply to Persia.
During December, the sphere of control of the Inspector of
Communications was extended to the Mallu Pass. Camels were
generally working from railhead at Borazjan to Dalaki, whence
onwards for the most part pack mules only were employed,
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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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