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'PAPERS RELATING TO THE MESOPOTAMIAN COMMISSION from SIR E. BARROW'S ROOM' [279r] (563/1386)
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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Tho Und#r feoretary of rtate for India
Mil t ar?u&
>rcw ^ir John IUm,K*C,l # »A«£ # G,<^r&l*
4*-!oiiat Kj^smiig p
Tun^rid^tr ’ alia
^prll 1916
nr,
I have the honovr *o wlmawlai^^ TPo*i$t of yorr $ 53 $
Of 4 th IziBt, fishing whether ftormml fO'^ruiherd prior tr his
adv^no* on Ctaaiphon prataatad that the force hi? die-
nonal w^n inadequate for the ifluroati* <.n 5 '^icthor ho ftilly
and raaeatodly •rpraarnd to -ie .qravo waminpra of the riak
of a» advance to B&dhdad, «ni ahethor before he ni/vod a
<B%ap froa hut ho had conetontly deotered that hif^ fore*
vas inauflicient.
General fo^nchond retimed from »iolr leave in th<? mid
dle of AU£:uet nod on the £6th feptomher feu^M the action
of lait-el-nmarah. The purer.it of the ^ke nm carried
out by Deneral tfounahefcfi hiaeelf with hiu loading Brigade
ae far an Aniftiyeh* Vn the TrrJce were still active in
front of him on October eth # he asked that all available
troo a chould bo cent up to bin. This was done as rapidly
aa poa« ible, and when he left Aairlyeh to adT^moe nc<u t
the eneisy at Cteeiphett he had under hia oommnd om oom-
plete ! ivieion and a third of another Bivieion, a Brigade
of Cavalry and an increased force of Artillery, a total
larger than he had commanded at Ktot-el~ Amraiu
ilidthor up to this time ncr subsequently did General
fownahend expreea any doubt that he would with this avail
able lores be able to defeat the enemy in posit ion at
Cteeiphou and capture Baghdad, and I agreed with him, /Z
1 T.ua present at the battle of ??Ut*el-AiwArah and after- ^
wards established Araq^ Keadquartere in KUt. From here i
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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)
- Arrangement
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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- Open Government Licence