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Description: | Photocopy of a ts transcription (41pp) of extracts from his diary (August - December 1915) covering his journey as a special correspondent for the 'Manchester Guardian' through Persia and Armenia, including details of linking up with the Russian/Serbian forces, his fact-finding mission regarding the Turkish occupation and the outbreak of war between Turkey and Russia, the role of American missionaries at Urumiah and relations with the Khurds, his journey into Armenia to find out the military and political situation, and the fate of many of the Assyrians (October 1915), good details of a Russian attack on a Turkish-held monastery with descriptions of the battlefield scene, poor weather and food conditions, his return to Persia (December 1915) and conditions there, an examination of the balance of power in Asia Minor, and his stay in the Russian town of Tiflis (January 1916); together with photocopies (35pp) of articles written by him and printed in the 'Manchester Guardian' (January 1915 - April 1917) including observations on the Russian Army in Poland (January - February 1915) and in Galicia (June - July 1915), the Turkish outrages in Armenia (August 1915), the Russo-Turkish Battle of Dilman (October 1915), Kurdish refugees (October 1915), the capture of Erzerum by the Russians (February 1916) and Trebizond (April 1916), physical aspects of the Armenian campaign (September 1916), and the Turkish counter-offensive in Armenia (September 1916). Also with the collection is a word processed extract from a monogram written by his daughter (1995) covering his travels and work as a war correspondent (1915 - 1916), a photograph album (23pp) containing photographs taken by him of the Russian, Armenian and Cossack troops on the Caucasus Front, and annotated galley proofs of a censored chapter from his book 'War and Revolution' (5pp).
Cataloguer PJB | Publisher: | http://www.iwm.org.uk | Subjects: | Russian Forces | Source: | Imperial War Museum | Creator: | Philips Price, M | Identifier: | http://www.iwm.org.uk/collections/item/o... | Go to resource |
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