'WAR DIARY. ARMY HEADQUARTERS, INDIA. […] I.E.F. “D”. Volume 25. PART I. (From 1st to 15th August 1916.)'
- Holding institution:
- British Library. India Office Records and Private Papers
- Data provider:
- Qatar National Library
- Title:
- 'WAR DIARY. ARMY HEADQUARTERS, INDIA. […] I.E.F. “D”. Volume 25. PART I. (From 1st to 15th August 1916.)'
- Date:
- 1916/1916
- Description:
- Abstract: The volume contains a chronological list of brief summaries of papers relating to the activities of the Indian Expeditionary Force D (also known as the Mesopotamia Expeditionary Force) between 1 and 15 August 1916. This is accompanied by appendices containing copies and extracts of these papers, which include letters, telegrams, and appreciations [reports] from the Directorate of Military Operations.A summary of the contents of this volume can be found at folio 16. The volume mostly relates to:Updates from the Tigris and Euphrates lines, southern Persia [Iran], and the Russo-Turkish frontReinforcements for Force D, including personnel requirements, appointments of officers, and changes in the chief commandPlans for the relief of various regiments, and arrangements for those going on leaveRiver craft: details of craft available, efforts to procure more, the re-erection of craft on arrival, the storage of drinking water on board river craft, and the overall administration of river transportSupplies and equipment for Force D, including ice machines, hospital ships, mosquito nets, and slipways for dockyardsRation requirements for Force DTurkish [Ottoman] forces: estimates of troop numbers, and details of their location and movementsProposals for the establishment of machine gun companiesProgress of railway construction in MesopotamiaReports of German activitiesThe whereabouts of Khalil Pasha [Halil (Kut) Pāshā]Proposals for a prisoner exchange.The volume also includes:Distribution of Force D (ff 3-6, ff 24-26)General Organisation of Force D (f 7)Composition of Force D (ff 8-13)Units of Force D captured at Kut-al-Amarah [Al-Kut] (f 14)Names of General Officers with Force D (f 14)List of General Officers and Brigade Commanders with Force D (f 15)Statements giving the number of guns in use and the numbers of complete rounds up to 30 July (f 21) and 6 August (f 107)Returns of the sick and wounded for weeks ending 15 July (f 55), 22 July (f 137)Reports of the Royal Flying Corps (f 60 and ff 126-127)Statement of the hospitals supplied and under supply for Force D (ff 78-79)Strength of Bushire [Bushehr] garrison attached to Force D (f 109)Report on the explosion of three ammunition barges on 10 June (ff 109-110)A copy of a despatch from the Government of India on the defence of Kut-al-Amarah under Major General Townshend from 3 December 1915 to 29 April 1916 (ff 137-138).The vast majority of material in the volume dates from August 1916, but there is also a small amount of material which dates from July 1916.Physical description: Foliation: the foliation sequence commences at the front cover with 1 and terminates at the inside back cover with 165; 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 also present in parallel between ff 3-163; these numbers are printed and are located in the bottom centre of the recto side of each folio.Dimensions: 21 x 33 cm
- Language:
- English
- Type:
- Archival file
- Type (Narrower):
- Other Texts
- Type (Broader):
- Text
- Subject:
- Military supplies
Military equipment
River navigation
Military Personnel - Geographic region:
- Mesopotamia
- Rights:
- رخصة حكومة مفتوحة
- Identifier:
- 81055/vdc_100000000112.0x0001f0_ar
81055/vdc_100000000112.0x0001f0_en
IOR/L/MIL/17/5/3258
IOR/L/MIL/17/5/3258