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‘WAR DIARY. ARMY HEADQUARTERS, INDIA. […] I.E.F. “D”. Volume 41. PART I. (From 1st to 31st December 1917).’ [214r] (432/556)
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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are thus confirmed. 48th Landwehr Division possibly includes surplus regi
ments of 255th Division and also the 61st Landwehr Brigade.
Working copy to G. S. (M. O. 3).
Copy to M. S. C., G. S. (M. O 1).
Telegram P., No. 47893-Cipher-M. I . 3 dated 13th December 1917. APPENDIX 283
(Despatched 11-25 p.m., 13th December 1917 ; received 4-30 v.v., 14th (Dy. No. 84851)
December 1917.)
From—The Director, Military Intelligence, London,
To—The General Officer Commanding, Egyptian Expeditionary Force, Cairo.
(Repeated India, Baghdad, Salonika, Reviews, Mudros.)
On December KLh Military Attache. Petrograd, telegraphs that it was
stated on 3rd December by deserter of 75th Regiment that 25th Turkish
Division would he relieved by a German Division and shortly go to Palestine
front. He said German Artillery had already replaced the Divisional
Artillery.
Working copy to G. S. (M. O. 3).
Copy to M. S. C., G. S. (M. 0. 1).
Word Code telegram No. 4441-R., dated 14th December 1917. APPENDIX 284
(Despatched 14th December 1917.) (Zty. No. 84861)
(Received in War Section on 14th December 1917.)
From—The Secretary, Indian Munitions Board,
To—The Director of Railways, Baghdad.
Your telegram 11th December, C.-2166 (Dy. No. 84394). Doubtful
whether any standard gauge wagon bodies will be ready for shipment in
188
January but hospital train will be ready at Karachi early in January and
arrangement being made for shipment.
Record copy to M. B.
Copy to m/s. C., Q. M. G , D. M. S.
Telegram P., No. X.-5326, dated 13th December 1917. APPENDIX 285
(Despatched 10-45 p.m., received 7 p.m, 14th December 1917.) (D//. No.84874)
From—The General Officer Commanding, Force “ D,” Baghdad,
To—The Director of Military Intelligence, London.
(Repeated Delhi and Egypt.)
Deserters of the 1st and 5th Infantry Regiments were captured Adhaim
river, December 5th and Dialha Pront, November 29th. A precis of their
statements and those of prisoners captured during operations 3rd to 6th
December on the Dialba Pront from the 16th, ISfch, 156th Infantry Regiments,
4th Artillery Regiment and 6th Divisional Squadron is as follows. Work of
individual soldier has become very heavy owing to low effectives.
Boots are generally serviceable but majority of troops have only patched
summer clothing and thin great-coats. Rations meagre. Pay is much in
arrears and is issued in notes. Deficiency of material necessaries and comforts
has caused the morale of the troops to become low and desertion is rife.
Since Ali Ihsan’s transfer from command of 13th to 4th Army Corps
increase in desertion and decrease in rations has been accentuated. The
increasing cold has also possibly had some effect.
Ali Ihsan refused to risk complications * with tribes by exacting punish
ment from Kurds who murdered German
Captain Schultz in Persia ; a quarrel with
Khalil resulted and the transfer referred to above was made. Reinforcements
* Change of figure.
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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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