'Reports from Lieutenant-General Sir P. H. N. Lake, K.C.B., K.C.M.G., Commanding I.E.F. "D", on Operations against Arab Tribesmen on the Euphrates Line, January and February 1916'
- Holding institution:
- British Library. India Office Records and Private Papers
- Data provider:
- Qatar National Library
- Title:
- 'Reports from Lieutenant-General Sir P. H. N. Lake, K.C.B., K.C.M.G., Commanding I.E.F. "D", on Operations against Arab Tribesmen on the Euphrates Line, January and February 1916'
- Creator:
- Author: Commander of the Mesopotamia Expeditionary Force
- Date:
- 1916/1916
- Description:
- Abstract: This report, printed by the General Staff, India (Simla: Government Central Press, 1916), consists of a letter (No. 168-18-O) from Sir Percy Henry Noel Lake, General Officer Commanding, Indian Expeditionary Force D, to the Chief of the General Staff, Army Headquarters, India, dated 4 March 1916.It encloses three reports:Report A deals with an engagement during a reconnaissance between Butaniyah and Suwaij on 14 January 1916 (ff. 2v-3);Report B describes a rearguard action when the column was heavily attacked on 7 February 1916, on the occasion of the withdrawal from Nasiriyah [al-Nāṣirīyah] (ff. 5v-8);Report C gives an account of punitive operations undertaken by Brigadier-General H T Brooking on 9 February 1916 (f. 9).These reports give tables listing tribes, casualties and expenditure of small arm ammunition involved in various actions. The front cover is marked 'Confidential'. In addition, there are two maps (folios 10-11): 'Sketch Map of the Retirement from Butaniyeh Camp to Nasiriyah' and 'To Accompany Report on Operations Against Arab Tribesmen on Euphrates Line'.Physical description: Foliation: The foliation sequence commences at the front cover, and terminates at the inside back cover; these numbers are written in pencil, are circled, and are located in the top right corner of the recto side of each folio (except for the front cover where the folio number is on the verso).Pagination: The volume also contains an original printed pagination sequence.
- Language:
- English
- Type:
- Archival file
- Type (Narrower):
- Other Texts
- Type (Broader):
- Text
- Subject:
- Mesopotamian Campaign (1914-1918)
Mesopotamia Expeditionary Force - Geographic region:
- Mesopotamia
- Rights:
- رخصة حكومة مفتوحة
- Identifier:
- 81055/vdc_100000000239.0x0001af_ar
81055/vdc_100000000239.0x0001af_en
IOR/L/MIL/17/15/107
IOR/L/MIL/17/15/107