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'PAPERS RELATING TO THE MESOPOTAMIAN COMMISSION from SIR E. BARROW'S ROOM' [85r] (169/1386)
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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Cora of lap Dof t
0-28 Oct /l5
Page 4.
ditto.
ditto pag© 8.
ditto
ditto pag© 12*
( 2 )
ffbe Viceroy replied on tbs 6th August quoting at
length Genorul i7ixon # s uiews in vdiloh he urged the oo-
oupation of KUt-el-Aanra. He endorsed those views and
proposed to authorise the advance on Kut-el-Aaara.
On the following day Jdr Charaderlain in hie 3002 of
August 6th sanotioned the advmioo to The result
was the brilliant action of Kht-el-Aaara and the com-
pl©«c rout oi the Tur.^s* By the 3rd ootober the head
of the pursuit had reached as far as Baghdila and on
that date (General £Ixon telegraphed us follows n ... i
consider I m strong enough to open road to Baghdad
and with this intention 1 propose to oenoentrate at
" Aeislyeh. But fctls concentration mast be partly by
land* Jarailies of Borraans and Turkish Offioials are
said to be leaving Baghdad for Aleppo. From tfUitary
peint of viet? it is highly desirable to supiRum enetay's
stoaxaer^, ?hich at this season cannot get ihr up stream
" of Bagdad"*
Thereupon the Fecretary of Ft&te in his 3071 of Get-
her 4th replied as follows - " I shall be glad to know
" what Nixon’e present intentions are,as if,owing to nav-
’ igafrion troubles, there is no probability of oatohing
eraashing the retreating enemy, thexe is no object in
continuing the pursuit* The orders oonveyed in my 1812
of 24th April, and 3002 of 6th togust still hold good,
subject te course e* events at Baghdad and elsewhere
" ®Bd to the reoommendatlons you may now make. Please
" ©able your estimate of enemy's present strength in
w Mesopotamia”*
He also telegraphed privately as follows - My official
” telegram of to-day about Bixon's plane. Your private
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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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- 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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