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‘WAR DIARY. ARMY HEADQUARTERS, INDIA. […] I.E.F. “D”. Volume 22. PART II. (From 16th to 31st May 1916).’ [70r] (144/246)
The record is made up of 1 volume (119 folios). It was created in 16 May 1916-30 May 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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APPENDIX 349
{Dy. No. 55944)
Telegram P. 3 No. 55944^ dated 25th May 1916,
(Despatched 10-45 p.m.)
From—The Chief of the General Staff,
To—The General Officer Commanding, Force D,” Basrah.
Your 1202-43-A. (Dtj. No. 53528) dated 10th May.
Medical Personnel being returned.
Medical Per
sonnel being
retained for
Medical treat-
meat of
Turkish
prisoners.
Not desiring repatriation and being retained.
Lieutenant-Colonel . .
Captains
Lieutenants
Red Crescent Doctors
Individuals treated as officers
but whose rank is uncer
tain and claims not
verified.
Sergeants-Majors . .
Sergeants . •
Corporals
Privates . •
*Total
1
18
4
4
2
2
8
29
122
190
Officers.
Arab Christian .
Armenians • •
Greeks
Rank and File.
Arab Christian
Jew • . •
Armenians * .
Total
#This total includes those despatched to India recently, vide your telegram of 2nd instant, No. 1202-35-A
No.. 52013).
Record copy to A. G.
Copy to M. S. C., M. S. V.
Ttdcgram Nc. , dated 25th May 1916. APPENDIX 350
From—The Secretary of State for India, > {Dy. No. 55967)
To—The Viceroy (Army Department).
Following information regarding Rut Garrison received from American
Charge d 5 Affaires at Constantinople
General Townshend and Staff will he brought there and will probably
be given suitable accommodation on Prinkepo (Prinkipos ?) Island, where
they will be allowed full liberty. He has been informed that most of the
officers and men are still at Kut and Baghdad and some of these will be sent to
Damascus. Read Crescent state that there is ample supply of medical stores at
Baghdad and that British Red Cross have been informed. United States
Consul at Baghdad has been instructed to communicate with prisoners and if
possible to supply full information of special needs and requirements. Charge
d’Affaires at Sofia states that Bulgarian authorities transmit merchandise
received at Greek frontier for Constantinople. Embassy expect to receive Red
Cross supplies on Scorpion {Egyptian steamer ?) Athens via Oxiles (Oxia
Isles ?) and suggest same route for clothing and supplies for British prisoners
of war.
Working copy to A. G.
Copy to M. S. C., G, S. (M. 0.1, M, O. 2, M. 0, 3),
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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 May 1916. 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 the start of IOR/L/MIL/17/5/3252. The volume concerns:
- Appreciations [reports] and intelligence summaries from the Directorate of Military Operations
- Considerations of supplies needed, including food and clothing for winter 1916
- Reports of future arrivals of German and Austrian troops
- The movement of Turkish [Ottoman] troops
- Requests for aeroplanes, pilots, and anti-aircraft guns
- Movements of Russian troops under General Baratoff [Nikolai Nikolaevich Baratov], including the occupation of Kasr-i-Shirin [Qasr-e Shirin] and action at Hamrala
- The construction of railways, including the Qurneh-Amarah [al-Qurnah to al-Kut] Railway
- The provision of river craft
- Awards and medals given to British and Russian soldiers
- Outbreaks of cholera and distribution of a cholera vaccine
- Complaints of shortcomings in accounting leading to delays in soldiers being paid.
The following tables appear:
- The distribution of Turkish forces in Mesopotamia on folio 54
- The strength of Force D on 23 April 1916 on folios 29-30 and on 15 May 1916 on folios 57-59
- Changes in the distribution of the troops in Force D from the list of 14 May 1916 on folios 93-94.
- Extent and format
- 1 volume (119 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 121; 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 3-119; 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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