‘WAR DIARY. ARMY HEADQUARTERS, INDIA. […] I.E.F. “D”. Volume 47. PART I. (From 1st to 15th June 1918).’
- 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 47. PART I. (From 1st to 15th June 1918).’
- Date:
- 1918/1918
- 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 June 1918. This is accompanied by appendices containing copies and extracts of these papers, which include: letters, telegrams, notes, reports, tables, and memoranda.An index to the contents of this volume can be found at folios 3-29. The volume concerns:Appreciations [reports] and intelligence summaries from the Directorate of Military Operations dated 3 June 1918 (ff 65-67), 10 June 1918 (ff 237-238)Supplies, particularly of tinned fruit, tents, and railway equipmentReports from the Royal Flying Corps of machines in service and pilots availableThe movements and aims of DunsterforceCrop forecasts and machinery requirements for the harvest in MesopotamiaMovement of ships and loads transportedLists of officers sailing from England for Basrah [Basra] and IndiaMovements of the Turkish [Ottoman] ArmyReports on health and sanitary conditions, including bilharzia and beriberiProgress of railway communicationsPersonnel requirements and reinforcementsCensorship of lettersThe Ottoman BankMovements and composition of labour corpsInformation about the situation in Baku and Tflis [Tbilisi]A monthly report on dairies dated 8 May 1918 (ff 147-152)A report by Major-General Sir Francis Edward Freeland entitled ‘On the Working and Future Development of the Port of Basra and of the River and Railway Communications in Mesopotamia, April 1918’ (ff 284-323).The following tables appear:Strength return and summaries of Force D on 4 May 1918 (ff 36-38), 20 April 1918 (ff 78-90), 11 May 1918 (ff 166-168), 27 April 1918 (ff 188-203)Weekly return of the sick and wounded on 4 May 1918 (ff 48-49), 11 May 1918 (ff 153-154), 12 May 1918 (ff 258-259)State of supplies on 27 May 1918 (ff 55-57), 31 May 1918 (ff 176-177), 7 June 1918 (ff 272-273)Ration strength of Force D on 11 May 1918 (ff 70-73), 4 May 1918 (ff 181-187), 18 May 1918 (ff 260-263)Distribution of the Turkish Army on 4 June 1918 (ff 95-105), 11 June 1918 (ff 246-255)Distribution of Force D on 11 May 1918 (ff 116-135), 25 May 1918 (ff 223-232)Statement of animal transport and vehicles on 1 May 1918 (ff 217-222).Physical description: The foliation sequence commences at the front cover with 1 and terminates at the inside back cover with 345; 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 3-343; these numbers are printed and are located in the bottom centre of the recto side of each folio.Dimensions: 21 x 33cm
- Language:
- English
- Type:
- Archival file
- Type (Narrower):
- Other Texts
- Type (Broader):
- Text
- Subject:
- Dunsterforce
- Geographic region:
- Tiflis
Baku
Mesopotamia - Rights:
- رخصة حكومة مفتوحة
- Identifier:
- 81055/vdc_100000000112.0x00021b_ar
81055/vdc_100000000112.0x00021b_en
IOR/L/MIL/17/5/3301
IOR/L/MIL/17/5/3301