'Report from Gen Sir John Eccles Nixon,
Commanding I.E.F. 'D', on the Operations on the Euphrates 26th June-25th
July 1915 (including the battle of Nasiriyah)'
'Report from Gen Sir John Eccles Nixon,
Commanding I.E.F. 'D', on the Operations on the Euphrates 26th June-25th
July 1915 (including the battle of Nasiriyah)'
'Report from Gen Sir John Eccles Nixon,
Commanding I.E.F. 'D', on the Operations on the Euphrates 26th June-25th
July 1915 (including the battle of Nasiriyah)'
Date:
1915/1915
Description:
Abstract: This file contains despatches regarding British military
operations on the Euphrates river carried out from 26 June to 25 July 1915. The file
contains an introductory letter from General Sir John Eccles Nixon of Indian
Expeditionary Force "D" to the Chief of the General Staff, Army Head Quarters,
India (folios 4-5) that is followed by two reports written by Major-General Sir George
Frederick Gorringe, Commander of 12th Indian Division.The first report concerns operations from 26 June to 5
July (folios 6-9) and the second (folios 21-34) concerns operations from 6 July to 25
July.Both reports contain a number of appendices containing
further details of the military operations and also include several maps and
illustrations related to the operations (folios 12-13, 16, 19-20 and 36-38).Physical description: Condition: A bound, printed volume.Foliation: The file's foliation sequence commences
at the front cover and terminates at the inside back cover; these numbers are written in
pencil, are circled, and are located in the top right corner of the recto side of each
folio.Please note that folio 51 is housed within folio
52.Pagination: The volume also contains an original printed
pagination sequence.