Map of south west Persia, showing coastlines, rivers, and the region’s principal towns and cities. Red lines between towns, which are numbered 1, 2, 3, 3a, 4 and 4a, indicate road routes that are described in detail in part IV of the enclosing volume (ff 84-175).
Collection 425/1388 ‘European War 1914: Indian Units for Persia. Formation of Mechanical Transport and Labour Companys.’
Scope & Content:
This file contains correspondence concerning the formation of a Ford Motor Van Company (No. 5 Mechanical Transport Company), for service in Seistan [Sistan], including efforts by the Government of India, Army Department to acquire vehicles from Singapore and elsewhere; and the formation of a lab...
Confidential report providing a narrative of operations in Asia (Turkey) during the Russo-Turkish War of 1877/78, written by Lieutenant W A H Hare, Royal Engineers. The narrative covers the period 1 September 1877 to the fall of the Turkish city of Kars on 18 November 1877. The narrative is foll...