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‘WAR DIARY. ARMY HEADQUARTERS, INDIA. […] I.E.F. “D”. Volume 41. PART II. (From 16th to 31st December 1917).’ [110r] (224/508)
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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On arrival please complete Sections. Stores issued will be replaced from
India.
Record copy to A. G.
Copy to M. S. C., Q. M. G., D. G. O., G. S. (S. D. 4 ).
Extract from Fortnightly Report No. B. R.-22, dated 27th August 1917. APPENDIX 444
(Received in War Section, 21st December 1917.) (Dy. No. 86939)
trom—The Deputy Director, Inland Water Transport, Basrah,
To—The Director, Inland Waterways and Docks, London.
Port Barges.
I have the honour to report that the following matters have received
particular attention.
1. Construction of 80 barges for Port Work, which, with a number of
second hand barges being taken up, will bring the total up to 100 .
The D. I. W. T. asked for 100 barges of from 80 to 60 tons, and suggested
they should be taken up at Calcutta and transported to Basrah on decks of
steamers. This method of delivery has been considered too slow owing to the
very small number of steamers running from Calcutta to Basrah. There are
no steamers running from Calcutta to Bombay, and only an occasional coal
steamer direct to Basrah. It was decided to build 80, and a design has been
prepared by the River Craft Board, a spare copy of which will be forwarded
you. Out of the 80, 70 barges are to be constructed thus, 50 in Calcutta
and 20 in Bombay.
This design has been made to utilize sizes of plates which are in India,
and to enable transport by rail to Karachi for those building in Calcutta, as
there are a number of steamers sailing from the former port on whose decks
the barges can be shipped. With regard to the other 10, the Director, I. W. T.,
asked that square pontoons 70 ft.x22 ft. X 4ft. be built at Bombay for direct
shipment to Basrah, but it is very doubtful whether sufficient or even
xV' plates are available in India, in which case the same type as the 70
mentioned above will have to be built. The materials for these are being
collected, angles being rolled by Tata Steel Works and rivets being made.
Record copy to Q. M. G.
Copy to M. S. C., M. B.
Word Code telegram No. 1678-A.-149, dated 20th December 1917. APPENDIX 445
(Despatched, 12-35 p.m., 2lst December 1917 ; received 1-30 a.jj., (7) v w 0
22nd December 1917.) aojoa )
From—The Inspector General of Communications, Basrah,
To—The War Section, Army Headquarters, Delhi.
Discharged in tons of 20 cwt. December 19th.
Colliers—
“ Kiukiang ”
“ Kwengse "
Timber Ships—
“ Margaret Haney ”
“ Ichang >J . .
Reinforcement Ships—
“ Palamcotta Loaded ”
“Janus” . *
“ Shuja ” . ,
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390
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170
300
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552
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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).
- Extent and format
- 1 volume (250 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 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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