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'PAPERS RELATING TO THE MESOPOTAMIAN COMMISSION from SIR E. BARROW'S ROOM' [52r] (103/1386)
The record is made up of 1 file (687 folios). It was created in 1915-1918. 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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The telegram received the next day from Sir John Nixon regarding
various movements confirmed the suspicion that lie intended to push on.
The subject was considered by the Cabinet apparently on the 8th
October, for on that day the following telegrams passed between the
Secretary of State, the Viceroy, and General Nixon :—
“ From Seoi’etary of State to General Nixon, Basra, 8th October 1915.
“ (Repeated to India.)
“ d077. Very urgent. With what addition to your present force are you confident that
you can both occupy and hold Baghdad ? Reply direct and repeat reply to Government of
India.”
“ From General Nixon, 8th October 1915.
“ (Repeated to Chief of General Staff.)
” 308/218/0. Your 3077 of 8th. 1 am confident that I can beat Nur-ud-din and occupy
Baghdad without any addition to my present force. But if Turks should turn their serious
attention to the recovery of Baghdad and should send to Mesopotamia the large organised
forces which would be necessary for such an operation, then l consider that 1 should require
one Division (and I should like also one British Cavalry Regiment, in addition to my present
force to watch both the Tigris and Euphrates lines of communication and defeat the enemy
as he comes within reach. Further, the Baghdad position would be best from which to
do this.”
“ From Secretary of State to Viceroy, 8th October 1915.
“ Private and very urgent. Reference to my telegram of to-day to Nixon repeated to you.
Cabinet are so impressed with great political and military advantages of occupation of
Baghdad that we shall make every effort to supply necessary force. We do not wish to
attempt it with insufficient forces. Are you satisfied that one division is sufficient."
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This file contains working drafts of confidential prints, correspondence and telegrams from the room of Sir Edmund Barrow, Military Secretary in the 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. , collected for the Mesopotamian Commission which was convened to examine the causes of the besieging and surrender of the Indian Expeditionary Force in Kut-el-Amara [Al Kūt].
The papers cover a range of topics and include the following: General Townshend's assessment of the situation after the Battle of Kut-el-Amara; a précis of correspondence relating to the origins and development of the Mesopotamia expedition; and a collection (ff 396-399) of private telegrams between the Secretary of State for India and the Viceroy, prior to the outbreak of war with Turkey.
The file also includes some tables showing the strength of General Townshend's force at Ctesiphon (folio 111) as well as the Indian Expeditionary Force 'D' (In Mesopotamia) Troops of the 6th Poona Division (folio 114).
Correspondents include: General Sir John Nixon; Major-General Charles Vere Ferrers Townshend; the Viceroy of India; officials of the Admiralty; officials of the War Office.
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- 1 file (687 folios)
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The entries are recorded in chronological order from the front to the rear of the volume.
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Foliation: the foliation sequence (used for referencing) commences at the inside front cover with 1 and terminates at the last folio with 686; 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. Multiple additional mixed foliation/pagination sequences are present in parallel; these numbers are written in crayon and pencil; where they are written in pencil and circled, they are crossed through.
The file has one foliation anomaly, f 374A.
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- IOR/L/MIL/5/768
- Title
- 'PAPERS RELATING TO THE MESOPOTAMIAN COMMISSION from SIR E. BARROW'S ROOM'
- Pages
- front, front-i, 2r:5v, 7r:89v, 91r:107v, 109r:130v, 131ar, 131r:134v, 135ar, 135ar, 135r:136v, 137ar, 137r:203v, 204ar, 204r:225r, 225ar, 225v:295v, 296ar, 296r:316v, 317ar, 317r:374v, 374ar:374av, 375r:405v, 406ar, 406r:562r, 562ar, 562v:623v, 624ar, 624r:686v, back
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- East India Company, the Board of Control, the India Office, or other British Government Department
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