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'PAPERS RELATING TO THE MESOPOTAMIAN COMMISSION from SIR E. BARROW'S ROOM' [274r] (553/1386)
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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Military Secret.
116
From Viceroy, Army Department, 4th April 1916.
11.2160. Reference your telegram of 1st instant, 3329. No record of
any such protest exists. Had a protest been made proper course would
have been to record it in the War Diary, General Stall, 6th Division. (Field
Service Regulations, 2nd Section, 140—n I.) No such record has reached us.
But reference to an appreciation, which may be basis of allegation you refer
to, is made in entries 3rd October in the War Diary, G.S., 6th Division,
which was received at Army I lead quarters on 14th December 1915,
and was sent to you under paragraph 22 of Army Despatch No. 15, dated
25th February last. We have no record of appreciation itself, which
appears to have been addressed to Major-General, General Stall, borcc D,
and no reference to it is made in G.S. Diary of General Headquarters
in Mesopotamia. On the contrary, please see Nixon’s telegram of
6th October, 308-203-0, to Chief of the General Stall, India, and repeated
to you, and his 308-218-0 of 8th October, addressed to you, and repeated to
Chief of the General Stall, India.
Reference is being made to General Officer Commanding, Force “4)," to
clear this up and to get Townshend’s statement. On receipt of reply we
will report further. No W ar Diaries subsequent to October have been
received from 6th Division.
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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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