'Policy etc. following Genl. Smuts recommendations: Egypt and Mesopotamia'
- Holding institution:
- British Library. India Office Records and Private Papers
- Data provider:
- Qatar National Library
- Title:
- 'Policy etc. following Genl. Smuts recommendations: Egypt and Mesopotamia'
- Date:
- 1918/1918
- Description:
- Abstract: The file contains correspondence regarding military policy and strategy in Egypt and Mesopotamia [Iraq] during the First World War in response to recommendations made by General Jan Christiaan Smuts, Defence Minister of South Africa and a member of the Imperial War Cabinet.Topics covered in the correspondence include: a proposed policy of defence in Mesopotamia to allow troops and equipment to be transferred to Palestine; construction of railways in and between Palestine and Egypt; and the transfer of troops and artillery from Palestine to France and Salonika [Thessaloniki].The primary correspondents are: the Commander-in-Chief, India; the Commander-in-Chief, Egypt; and the War Office.Physical description: Foliation: the foliation sequence (used for referencing) commences at the front cover with 1, and terminates at the inside back cover with 24; these numbers are written in pencil, are circled, and are located in the top right corner of the recto side of each folio. An additional foliation sequence is present in parallel; these numbers are written in blue crayon.
- Language:
- English
- Type:
- Archival file
- Type (Narrower):
- Other Texts
- Type (Broader):
- Text
- Subject:
- Military strategy
Artillery
Railways
Jan Christiaan Smuts - Rights:
- رخصة حكومة مفتوحة
- Identifier:
- 81055/vdc_100000000465.0x0002f4_ar
81055/vdc_100000000465.0x0002f4_en
IOR/L/MIL/5/794
IOR/L/MIL/5/794