!['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' [‎3r] (5/44)](https://iiif.qdl.qa/iiif/images/81055/vdc_100000000239.0x0001ad/IOR_L_MIL_17_15_105_0005.jp2/full/!1200,1200/0/default.jpg "'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' [‎3r] (5/44)")
'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' [3r] (5/44)
The record is made up of 1 volume (22 folios). It was created in 1916. 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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The Major General, General Staff, had wired to the General Officer
Commanding, Kut, (Brigadier General Rimington, R.G ), on the 2iid December
in his No. 1008-98 -O: —
"Please tell Townshend that Army Commander mist leave situation to
him as to how fir he fails back. Bat Army Co n nander's inten
tion is to concentrate reinforcements as far forward as
possible.^
The Army Commander approved of mv action in stmlin* fast at Kut-al-
Amarah in the following telegram from Major-General, General Staff : —
" No. 1008 105 O , 3rd December 19' 5* Army Commander is glad
to hear of your decision and is convinced that your troops will
continue to show the same spirit in the defence as they have
shown throughout your operations. ■Reinforcements will be
pushed up to you with every possible speed."
On the 4th December, my field state showed 10,398 combatants of which
7,500 only were infantry. It shows how weak the infantry units were especially
the British battalions; the infantry element which had borne the brunt of the
fighting was very weak, the divisional troops being numerous. A cavalry
btigade wasincluded in the 10,398 combatants and the 30th Brigade of the 12th
Division was still attached to my division.
I had roughly 800 rounds per rifle, and gun ammunition as follows was in the
magazine at Kut:—
No. of guns.
Description of ammunition.
No. of
round s
Rounds
per
gun.
'9
18 -pr. Shrapnel
I 1 ,200
590
2
13 -pr. Shrapnel
3>54o
1 ,770
4
5' gun „
0
CO
a'S
4
5' „ Lyddite ... ... ...
833
30^
4
5' Howitzer, Shrapnel ... ...
314
78
4
5* „ Lyddite ... ... ...
947
236
9
4* gun, Shrapnel ...
460
330
a
4" „ Lydd te ... ... ...
52>
260
On the first day of my arrival at Kut I had organised the defence as
follows
General Programme for defence of Kut.—{Vide map attached).*
Northern Sector. —Major-General W. S. Delamain, C.B., D.S.O , 16th
Infantry Brigade.
North-eastern B.igadier-General F. A. Hoghton, 17th Infantry
Brigade.
Southern Sector. — Including town of Kut and garrison of Liquorice
Factory
An East India Company trading post.
village on right bank opposite town of Kut. Brigadier*
General W. G. Hamilton, C.B., D.S.O., 18th Infantry Brigade.
General Reserve, —Major-General Sir C. J. Melliss, V.C., K.C.B , 30th
Infantry Brigade.
Divisional Artillery. —Concentrated principally at Brick Kilns.
• (Not recetved).
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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).
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