‘WAR DIARY. ARMY HEADQUARTERS, INDIA. […] I.E.F. “D”. Volume 41. PART II. (From 16th to 31st December 1917).’ [120r] (244/508)
The record is made up of 1 volume (250 folios). It was created in 10 Nov 1917-31 Dec 1917. It was written in English. The original is part of the British Library: India Office The department of the British Government to which the Government of India reported between 1858 and 1947. The successor to the Court of Directors. Records and Private Papers Documents collected in a private capacity. .
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? K a i? Chl \T° r T en of 0Wn U1 ? lt attached 51st Sikhs, vide your 85131, December
• 7 ,, , oo 12 !! 3 ? 1, o r. Cerned , a PP r0xima tely 100. Move of 87 th Punjabis
attached 82nd to 87th completed, vide your 60625, September 6 th, move of 50
Kashmms from 2 0 th to 24th Punjabis, vide your 58687, August 29th com
pleted. Credit given to 81th Punjabis for men 72nd Punjabis attached 93 rd
Infantry. Is umber concerned 130. Of these 54 have now joined 84th
Punjabis and balance is to be transferred at end of month. Credit has been
given for drafts which sailed ^ £ ‘Torilla” vide Embarkation Commandant,
Bombay, No^ 86 -E, December 13th, and for “Barpeta” vide Embarkation
Commandant, Karachi, E.-1277, December 17th; also in Embarkation Com
mandant Bombay s No. 6 -E. and 2-E., dated December 18th, names of
transports not yet known. This demand cancels my B.-1123 (_Dv No
B. : im (Dy. No. 83323) of December 7th and L based on toe assumption
that reinforcements arrive by February 1 st.
Working copy to A. G.
Copy to M. S. 0., G. S. (S. D. 4 ).
Wovd Code telegram No. R.-1181, dated 21st December 1917. (Dy. No. 87214)
Despatched 8-35 p.m., received 4 p.ij., 22 nd December 1917.)
From—The Deputy Adjutant General, 3 rd Echelon, Force “ D,” Basrah,
To The War Section, Army Headquarters, Delhi.
(Repeated Secretary, War Office, London.)
13th Rajputs
-17th Sikhs
49th Bengalis
73rd Infantry
79th
{See Dy. No. 87213).
141
181
219
217
255
80th Infantry
83rd ■> - -
1- 89th Punjabis ...
93rd Burmans ...
96th Infantry
104th Rifles
108th Infantry ...
noth „
122 nd „
2- 124th Baluchis
126th Baluchis
Remaining 53 units nil. T ° tal
83rd Infantry require five Buglers with next draft.
Working copy to A. G.
Copy to M. S. C., G. S. (S. D. 4 ).
246
431
181
43
55
353
90
76
234
402
118
3,242
(%. No. 87215)
Telegram P., No. R.-1187, dated 21st December 1917.
(Despatched 9-5 p.m., received 6-45 p.m., 22 nd December 1917.)
From—The Deputy Adjutant General, 3rd Echelon, Force “ D,” Basrah,
To—The War Section, Army Headquarters, Delhi.
(Repeated Secretary, War Office, London )
My code telegram No. R.-1186, dated December 21st (Du. No 87216)
gives requirements British Officers Indian Infantrv. This cancels my* R -1125
(Dy. No 83366) and E.-U26, December 7th (Dy"No. 83366). Allowance has
been made for possible transfers. Credit has been given for
Captain Channer, 14th Sikhs.
Major Reinbold, 27th Punjabis.
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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 16 and 31 December 1917. 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 and a summary of the contents can be found at the start of IOR/L/MIL/17/5/3289. The volume concerns:
- Appreciations [reports] and intelligence summaries from the Directorate of Military Operations dated 16 December 1917 (ff 9-10), 23 December 1917 (ff 127-129), 30 December 1917 (ff 249-250)
- Supplies, particularly of timber, tents, and preserved meats
- The difficulties of dispatching petrol and oils in drums
- A shortage of tin affecting food supplies
- The armistice signed by Germany, Austria, Russia, Turkey and Bulgaria on 17 December 1917
- Movements of Turkish [Ottoman] and German troops
- British aerial bombardment of aerodromes at Humr [Al Humr], Tuz Kurmatli [Tuz Khurmati]
- Commentary on shipping and port works recommended by the Cherry and Thompson Commission and A Monteath
- Financial powers available to civil administrators in occupied territories and arrangements for receipts
- The occupation of Samawa [As Samawah], Hillah [Al Hillah] and Kifl [Al Kifl]
- The proposed Irrigation Directorate
- The selection of men to be allotted to Major-General Lionel Dunsterville
- Reinforcements for Force D, including supplies of medical officers, camels, and personnel for the Inland Water Transport Department, the Anglo-Persian Oil Company, and the Railway Department
- Reports from the Royal Flying Corps of machines in service and pilots available
- Russian officers from England who were anxious to serve in Mesopotamia.
The following tables appear:
- Distribution of Force D on 18 November 1917 (ff 16-21), 25 November (ff 144-155)
- Ration strength of Force D on 24 November 1917 (ff 36-38, 187-191), 1 December (ff 133-136), 17 November (ff 136-140), 8 December (ff 212-214)
- Distribution of the Turkish Army on 18 December 1917 (ff 48-49), 25 December 1917 (ff 167-169)
- State of supplies on 15 December (ff 56-57, 76-77), 22 December (ff 177-178, 201-202)
- Weekly return of the sick and wounded on 1 December (f 72)
- Strength return for Force D on 10 November (ff 115-117)
- Effective strength of the Railway Department (ff 237-241).
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- 1 volume (250 folios)
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The papers are arranged in approximate chronological order from the front to the rear of the volume.
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The foliation sequence commences at the front cover with 1 and terminates at the inside back cover with 252; these numbers are written in pencil, are circled, and are located in the top right corner of the recto The front of a sheet of paper or leaf, often abbreviated to 'r'. side of each folio. An additional foliation sequence is also present in parallel between ff 3-250; these numbers are printed and are located in the bottom centre of the recto The front of a sheet of paper or leaf, often abbreviated to 'r'. side of each folio.
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