Abstract: Imprint:Ordnance Survey, 1921.Distinctive Features:Sketch map showing operations for the relief of Kut Al ‘Amara drawn from plan prepared by G.S. India with position of British trenches (8-9 March) and lines of Turkish entrenchment marked and details on width and depth of canal banks given.Relief shown by hachures.Physical description: Dimensions:201 x 338 mm, on sheet 245 x 380 mm
Abstract: This volume is a 'Report from Lieut-General Sir P. H. N. Lake K.C.B., K.C.M.G. Commanding I.E.F. "D" on the Defence of Kut-Al-Amarah under Major-General C. V. F. Townshend, C.B., D.S.O., 3 December 1915-29 April 1916' published by the General Staff, India (Government Central Branch Press, Simla: 1916). The report concerns the siege of Kūt and consists of a copy of a letter (No. 168-15-O), dated July 1916, from Lieutenant-General Sir Percy Henry Noel Lake, Commanding Indian Expeditionary Force D, to the Chief of the General Staff, Army Headquarters, Simla (folio 2r), submitting a despatch (No. 15-10-A), dated 10 March 1916, from Major-General Charles Vere Ferrers Townshend, Commanding, 6th Indian Division, to the General Officer Commanding, Indian Expenditionary Force D (folios 2v-8r), including appendices (folios 8v-21). The report is marked 'Confidential' on the front cover (folio 1).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.Pagination: The volume also contains an original printed pagination sequence.
Abstract: Imprint:Ordnance Survey, 1921.Distinctive Features:Sketch map showing details of battle of Kut Al ‘Amara, 28th September 1915 drawn from plan prepared by G.S. India with lines of Turkish entrenchment and obstructions on the River Tigris marked.Physical description: Dimensions:185 x 125 mm, on sheet 245 x 152 mm
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 October and 15 October 1915. This is accompanied by appendices containing copies and extracts of these papers, which include: letters, telegrams, notes, tables, and memoranda.A summary of the contents of this volume can be found at folios 5-6, and the volume concerns:Appreciations [reports] and intelligence summaries from the Directorate of Military OperationsLists of prisoners taken and casualties at Kut-al-Amarah [al-Kut]The question of pursuit of Turks [Ottoman Army] from Kut-al-Amarah up the TigrisBulgaria’s entry into the warMedical suppliesGeneral John Nixon’s support for an advance to Baghdad and comments on the proposal from the Viceroy, Cabinet, and Secretary of State for IndiaA cavalry skirmish near Aziziyah [Al ‘Aziziyah]Reinforcements for Force D.The following tables appear:Composition of Force D on folios 3-4, including administrative unitsThe distribution of the troops in Force D on folios 35-37 and 98-100The strength of Force D on folios 22 and 84-85.Physical description: The foliation sequence commences at the front cover with 1 and terminates at the inside back cover with 134; 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 8-132; these numbers are printed and are located in the bottom centre of the recto side of each folio.Dimensions: 21 x 33cm