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'PAPERS RELATING TO THE MESOPOTAMIAN COMMISSION from SIR E. BARROW'S ROOM' [134r] (268/1386)
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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'/y
/
r
From Viceroy,
Ho H.1899 dy/
Sth Hovr.
From Viceroy
Ho H.1931 dy/
10th Hov.
(2) That* subject to military necessities Persian neutra
lity was to he respected in every way.
The Force arrived off the Shatt-el-Arab on the 4th
Hovr but its disembarkation was apparently delayed
by bad weather while for the same reason telegraphic
communication was interrupted. On the 6th Hovr.however,
after the Havy had silenced the white stone Fort on the
right bank at the mouth of the river a combined force
landed at the telegraph station without opposition and
occupi^ the town. The Turks were reported to have lost
one officer and eight men and retired up the river after
destroying the telegraph instruments.
General Delamain left a detachment at Fao and followed!
i //< ^on the 7th to a point 3 miles below Abadan.
He passed miadimpBmmmmg Abadan, where the oil works were safe,
at Saihan on the Turkish
bank two miles higher up the stream on
the 8th ITovr against slight opposition.
The landing of troops continued on the 9th(Q.0th
but nothing of interest occurred until the morning of
n*
the Hovr when at 5.30 a m 300 Turks made a de
termined attack on the British outposts. They were
held in check by the 117th Mahrattas and finally
routed by a counter attack with the 20th Punjabis and
a mountain battery. The enemy admitted a loss of 80
while our casualties included Maj R.Ducat,20th Punjabis
died of woui-ds; Capt H.F.Franks, 117th Mahrattas severe
ly woundedflater reported as TT doing well"); Jemadae
Jhanda Singh,slightly wounded (This Officer cannot be
identified in any unit of the Force and was possibly
attached). Among the rank and file 1
sepoy
Term used in English to refer to an Indian infantryman. Carries some derogatory connotations as sometimes used as a means of othering and emphasising race, colour, origins, or rank.
was killed
and 5 wounded.
Heavy rain prevented further movements and as Genl
Delamain T s information was that the Turks, in combina-
From Viceroy
Ho H.2024 dy/
15th Hovr.
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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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