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'PAPERS RELATING TO THE MESOPOTAMIAN COMMISSION from SIR E. BARROW'S ROOM' [648r] (1308/1386)
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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(l*i The Oomiander-in-Chief in India to receive instructions with
regard to military operations in Mesopotamia ana Persia /'
from the Chief of the imperial General Staff, under the
authority of the Secretary of State for War, in exactly
the same manner as the Commanders-in-Chief in other
theatres. These instructions will, of course, he based
on the decisions of the War Committee.
(2) India will remain, as at present, the main base of the force
in Mesopotamia, which will continue to be administered by
the Commander-in-Chief in India, such requirements of the
force as India cannot meet being supplied by the War Office
from other parts of the Empire, subject to the general
policy, at the time being, decided upon by the War
Committee.
(3) The General Officer Commanding in Mesopotamia will send all
reports of operations, states, returns, and requests for
additional units to the Commander-in-Chief in India, and
will repeat these to the Chief of the Imperial General
Staff.
t3il) The General Officer Commanding in Mesopotamia will make
recommendationsfor the higher appointments to the
Commander-in-Chief, India, and will repeat them to the
Chief of the Imperial General Staff. The appointments
will be made, by the Commander-in-Chief,India, subject to the
approval of H.M. Government. Higher apoomtments referred
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to are those down to Divisional Commanders inclusive and
also Senior General Staff Officer.
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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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