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‘WAR DIARY. ARMY HEADQUARTERS, INDIA. […] I.E.F. “D”. Volume 41. PART I. (From 1st to 31st December 1917).’ [101r] (206/556)
The record is made up of 1 volume (274 folios). It was created in 30 Aug 1917-5 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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Telegram P., No. 472S5-Cipiier ; dated 5th December 1917. APPENDIX 108
(Despatched 7-40 p.m., 5th December 1917, received 1-15 p m ; 6th Decern- (ity. No. 82688)
ber 1917.)
From —The Director of Military Intelligence, London,
To—The General Officer Commanding, Force “ D ”, Baghdad.
(Repeated India and Mudros).
Toll owing from Cairo. Negins : Following by Agents dated early Novem
ber. Wireless station at Jerablus and Muslimieb.
German Asiatic Corps destined for Baghdad has been sent to Syria.
Baft at Birijik 18 metres long by 12 metres wide and 1 metre draught also
parts arrived for steam launch 32 metres long. At Jerablus two steam launches
*May read‘‘former ” or “ surface ” by change and 100 rafts on river bank, dimensions
o i gure. gQ me tres by 10 inches* draught of half
metre. End of October Baghdad railhead 10 kilometres east of Telhelif.
Owing to shortage of material rate of future progress probably only two
ki ometies per month. Standard gauge will be laid down to JDemir Elapu
thence Decauville to El Jezirat (sic). Roumanian and Russian prisoners
were transferred to Nish in Taurus on 1st November.
tAsoenf Telegraph hand telephone (direct? f) estab
lished between Aleppo—Mosul.
At Demir Kapu (no date given) Arabs robbed and burnt three German
motor lorries.
Working copy to G. S. (M. O. 3).
Copy to M. S. C., G. S. (M. O. 1).
Telegram P., No. 47260-Cipher, dated 5th December 1917.
(Despatched 11 p.m., received 5 p.m., 6th December 1917.) (Dy. No. 82167)
From—-The Director, Military Intelligence, London,
To—The General Officer Commanding, Force “ D," Baghdad.
(Repeated Reviews, Mudros and India.)
Inference my telegram No. 47235 of to-day {By. No. S3S88). Corrections
have been received as follows .—
. L Paragraph regarding prisoners, read : Indian, Roumanian and Russian
prisoners working on Baghdad Railway will be moved on January, 1st Indian
to Nisibm, remainder to Taurus.
2. Rafts at Jerablus 10 metres by 3 not 30 by 10.
Working copy to G. S. (M. 0. 3).
Copy to M. S. C., G. S. (M. 0. I).
Telegram P., No. 47236-Cipher, dated 5th December 1917. APPENDIX X09
(Despatched 7-45 p.m., received 2-15 p.m., 6th December 1917.) (Z)y. No. 82695)
From—The Director, Military Intelligence, London,
To—Baghdad.
(Repeated India.)
Your X-5371, (Dy. No. 81999). Is 142nd Regiment, now on Kifri
line, Rowlandson wires December 3rd that it has been reported by a deserter
who left Kaza Shirwan that there was one battalion there and two at Kifri but
he did . not state that these battalions belonged to first Regiment.
It is not clear from your wire quoted above whether the second division
has moved to Kifri or not.
Working copy to G. S. (M. 0. 3).
Copy to M. S. C. G. S. (M. 0. 1).
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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 and 15 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 folios 3-17. The volume concerns:
- Appreciations [reports] and intelligence summaries from the Directorate of Military Operations dated 2 December 1917 (ff 49-50), 9 December (ff 156-157)
- Reinforcements for Force D, including supplies of medical officers, horses, mules, and railway staff
- Captured arms and ammunition (ff 159-165)
- Movements of Turkish [Ottoman] and German troops
- Exchange of prisoners with Turks at Berne
- Supplies to Force D, including the problems of supplying petrol
- Attack on the enemy on 3 December on Jebel Hamrin [Jabal Hamrin]
- The possibility of postponing the dredging of the Shatt-el-Arab [Shatt al-Arab]
- Transfer of the 7th division in Mesopotamia to Egypt
- Occupation of Qurah Tappah [Qarah Tapah], Qizil Robat [As Sa‘diyah], and Khanaqin
- Supply and transport ships
- Reports from the Royal Flying Corps of machines in service and pilots available
- Concerns over supplies reaching the Turks from Koweit [Kuwait]
- A scheme to supply frozen meat to British troops
- Correspondence between Mr A Monteath and the Admiralty on the subject of the Thomson Cherry Commission enquiring into shipping between India and Mesopotamia
- A proposal to form a Directorate of Irrigation
- Post offices and returned letters
- Sentences given to members of the Ghadr [Ghadar] party captured in Baghdad.
The following tables appear:
- Distribution and composition of Force D, including details of: lines of communication; general organisation; and names of General Officers and Brigade Commanders (ff 18-31)
- Ration strength of Force D on 3 November 1917 (ff 42-46), 17 November (ff 111-113), 10 November 1917 (ff 137-140)
- Weekly return of sick and wounded dated 17 November (f 65), 24 November (ff 152-153)
- Distribution of the Turkish Army on 4 December 1917 (ff 70-72), 11 December 1917 (ff 180-182)
- Distribution of Force D on 11 November 1917 (ff 76-80)
- State of supplies on 1 December 1917 (ff 86-87, 116-117), 8 December (ff 187-189), 9 December (ff 268-269)
- Monthly distribution report of motor vehicles on 1 October 1917 (ff 128-134)
- Strength return for Force D on 27 October 1917 (ff 97-99), 9 December 1917 (ff 190-192), 3 November (ff 262-264).
- Extent and format
- 1 volume (274 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 276; 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 3-274; 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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- ‘WAR DIARY. ARMY HEADQUARTERS, INDIA. […] I.E.F. “D”. Volume 41. PART I. (From 1st to 31st December 1917).’
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- front, back, spine, edge, head, tail, front-i, 2r:221v, 227v:229v, 240v:242v, 244v:256v, 262v:275v, back-i
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