'WAR DIARY. ARMY HEADQUARTERS, INDIA. […] I.E.F. ''D''. Volume 32. PART I. (From...

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 March 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 on folios 3-10. The volume concerns:. Appreciations [reports] and intelligence summaries from the Directorate of Military Operations; Three diaries of information from 17 February 1917, 12 August 1916, and 24 February 1917 covering: climate and floods; relaxation at the Mesopotamia base; medical concerns, including malaria and sanitary conditions, particularly at Sheikh Sa'ad [Shaykh Sa'd]; inland water transport, port administration; postal services; Suq-Al-Shuyukh Qadha [Suq Al-Shoyokh District]; aviation; prisoners of war; captions of photographs sent to the Chief of the General Staff, India; A report on the Shatt-el-Arab river [Shatt al-Arab]; Reinforcements for Force D; Discussions about the probability of Force D being able to capture and hold Baghdad; Turkish [Ottoman] retreat from Aziziyah [Al 'Aziziyah]; The ammunition supply; Movements of Turkish and Russian troops; The possibility of employing prisoners of war in France rather than interning them in India; Turkish withdrawal from the Hamadan front; A discussion of measures to be taken to prevent German, Japanese, French and Russian trade competing with British trade in the Gulf after the conclusion of the war; Salvage of armaments abandoned by the Turkish army; British entry into Baghdad and the occupation of the city; The proclamation issued to the people of Baghdad; The possibility of the British moving up the Euphrates to occupy Samawah [As Samawah]; Plans for the future administration of the Baghdad Vilayet; Reports from the Royal Flying Corps of machines in service and pilots available; Provision and movements of river craft; The following tables appear:. Distribution of Force D on folios 11-14 and 166-171; Lines of communication on folios 15-19; Composition of Force D on folios 20-27; Units captured at Kut-al-Amarah [Al-Kut] on folio 28; List of General Officers and Brigade Commanders on folio 29; Weekly return of the sick and wounded on folios 39-40 and 118-119; Ration strength of Force D on folios 47-48, 120-124, 160-162, and 199-204; Distribution of the Turkish Army on folios 94-104 and 178-179

The papers are arranged in approximate chronological order from the front to the rear of the volume.

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