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‘WAR DIARY. ARMY HEADQUARTERS, INDIA. […] I.E.F. “D”. Volume 15. Part 1. (From 1st to 15th October 1915).’ [68v] (141/272)
The record is made up of 1 volume (132 folios). It was created in 29 Sep 1915-15 Oct 1915. 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 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 Operations
- Lists 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 Tigris
- Bulgaria’s entry into the war
- Medical supplies
- General John Nixon’s support for an advance to Baghdad and comments on the proposal from the Viceroy, Cabinet, and Secretary of State for India
- A cavalry skirmish near Aziziyah [Al ‘Aziziyah]
- Reinforcements for Force D.
The following tables appear:
- Composition of Force D on folios 3-4, including administrative units
- The distribution of the troops in Force D on folios 35-37 and 98-100
- The strength of Force D on folios 22 and 84-85.
- Extent and format
- 1 volume (132 folios)
- Arrangement
The papers are arranged in approximate chronological order from the front to the rear of the volume.
- Physical characteristics
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 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 8-132; 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.
Dimensions: 21 x 33cm
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- IOR/L/MIL/17/5/3238
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- ‘WAR DIARY. ARMY HEADQUARTERS, INDIA. […] I.E.F. “D”. Volume 15. Part 1. (From 1st to 15th October 1915).’
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- front, back, spine, edge, head, tail, front-i, 2r:133v, back-i
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- East India Company, the Board of Control, the India Office, or other British Government Department
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