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Catalogue reference: ADM 137/204/1
This record is about the Mesopotamia river operations, 1914-1917, part I. Report compiled in 1919 by Captain... dating from 1914 in the series Admiralty: Historical Section: Records used for Official History, First World War. It is held at The National Archives, Kew.
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Mesopotamia river operations, 1914-1917, part I.
Report compiled in 1919 by Captain Wilfri Nunn CB, CSI, CMG, DSO, RN.
This report on naval co-operation with the Expeditionary Force in Mesopotamia covers the period from just before the outbreak of war with Turkey in 1914 until shortly after the capture of Baghdad in 1917.
The Report is in three parts as follows: Part I. Reports (ADM 137/204); Part II. Appendices (ADM 137/205); Part III. Maps (ADM 137/206).
Volume I: Report on Naval co-operation with the Expeditionary Force in Mesopotamia, 1914.
Folio 3: Table of contents.
Folios 4-5: Complete list of Maps.
Folio 6: blank.
Folio 7: Title page.
Folio 8: List of Maps, Volume I (all maps filed in ADM 137/206).
Folios 9-10: Preface.
Folios 11-21: Introductory remarks regarding the part of Mesopotamia in which the operations were carried out, comprising the following: boundaries, (folio 11); physical characteristics, (folios 11-13); Shatt-Al-Arab, (folios 13-15; population, (folios 15-17); climate, (folio 17); minerals, (folio 17); religion, (folios 17-18); administration, (folios 18-19) and trade, (folios 19-21).
Folios 22-24: Reasons for the expedition.
Folios 25-27: Composition and organisation of forces engaged.
Folios 28-81: Narrative of the proceedings of the naval forces in Mesopotamia in 1914 covering: General and local situation, (folios 28-34); Expeditionary force arrives at Bahrein, (folios 34-41); Expeditionary force arrives off Shatt-Al-Arab 3 November 1914, (folios 41-42); Capture of Fao, 6 November 1914, (folios 42-45); HMS Espiègle attacked at Abadan 6 November 1914, (folios 45-47); HMS Espiègle sinks enemy patrol boat 9 November 1914, (folios 47-48); Turks attack camp 11 November 1914, (folios 48-51); Battle of Sahil 17 November 1914, (folios 51-57); Arrival at Basra 21 November 1914, (folios 57-59); Reconnaissance of Kurnah 25 November 1915, (folios 59-62); Kurnah operations December 1914, (folios 62-75); Surrender of Kurnah 9 December 1914, (folios 75-79); Concluding remarks, (folios 80-81).
Folio 82: Glossary of local names and terms.
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