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'PAPERS RELATING TO THE MESOPOTAMIAN COMMISSION from SIR E. BARROW'S ROOM' [420v] (851/1386)
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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No. 20.
7 elegram from General A Ixon to Secretary of Stale fo:
dated 11 th December 19J5.
In
ich,
LOOs/lbl 0 . 1 7th December 3020 of loth December. There appears to be some
disciepancy in Admiralty statement regarding greater part of two Divisions arriving
at Basra by 81st December. Vide Chief of the General Staff’s 20778, dated 15th
December; only four Battalions Lahore Division will have arrived at Basra by 81st
December. 2 nd Bajpnts Meerut Division not yet left Egypt.
No. 21 .
Telegram from Sccretarij of State for India to General Nixon Basra,
dated ISth December 1915.
No. 2)1 1 '7. lour LG. 1769/1605. Your reports Turkish troops returning to
Baghdad tend to confirm enemy’s invasion of Persia reported in Mailing’s 531 and
535(1x5. Russians intend if possible to occupy Kum and Kermanshab but the
moment seems inopportune to press for further advance AAA. We are keemno-
Grand Duke informed regarding your situation.
No. 22 .
Telegram from I ieeroy to Secretary of State for India,
dated ISth December 1915.
11. 9888. With reference to your telegram of the 11th instant, No. 3 200 it is
understood that 12 battalions now offered are in addition to four Garrison
battalions now being sent to India in accordance with your telegram of the 3rd ultimo
Ao ollL. It is essential that the battalions should be despatched from EnoJand
hilly armed and equipped as we can do nothing more as regards providing material
It is also essential that the whole of these 12 battalions shall arrive in India before
oth March. On these conditions the offer of 12 Garrison or newly raised battalions
s accepted and an additional Infantry Brigade will be sent to Force “ D ” Tins
i >rigade will be called the 36th Infantry Brigade and together with 34th and 3 oth
Infantry Brigades will form the 13th Division. It should be noted that2Sth Puniabis
cannot be included in the 36th Brigade as that battalion has already been allotted by
ne Secretary War Office, to the Jullundur Brigade of the Lahore Division in place of
he 4Uth lathans diverted to Mombasa. The composition of the 36th Infantry
Brigade will be telegraphed to you in due course.
No. 23.
Telegram from Secretary of State for India to General Nixon, Basra revealed
to t iccroy, dated 20th December 1915. ’ 1
5222. Your 1008/181/0.
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.
agree that Admiralty estimate is too
optimistic. 11 would lie safer to take following as a working basis.
Meerut Division almost complete pftis 4 Indian Battalfons of Lahore Division at
and beyond Basra by 1st January.
7 th Janua e n DiViSi0n ’" 5 m ° re battalioilS Infantr y and 4th Brigade Artillery at Basra by
If Admiralty can improve on this, so much the better.
No. 24.
Telegram from Secretary of Stale for India to General Nixon. Basra
dated 20th December 1915.
322°
o.
Your telegram of 12th instant, 1008/155/0, paragraph 6 . At what rano-es
are Iurkish guns effective at which we cannot reply? Has Townshend ample
ammunition, high explosive as well as shrapnel ? 1
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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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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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- 'PAPERS RELATING TO THE MESOPOTAMIAN COMMISSION from SIR E. BARROW'S ROOM'
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- 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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