'WAR DIARY. ARMY HEADQUARTERS, INDIA. […] I.E.F. ''D''. Volume 44. 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 1918. 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 3-22. The volume concerns:. Appreciations [reports] and intelligence summaries from the Directorate of Military Operations dated 3 March 1918 (ff 65-67) and 10 March 1918 (ff 196-197); Supplies, particularly of petrol, timber, tinplate, and bacon; Movements of Turkish [Ottoman] troops; The occupation of Hit and Sahibiyah [As Siniyah]; Reinforcements for Force D; Reports from the Royal Flying Corps of machines in service and pilots available; Information concerning the recruitment and movements of Dunsterforce; Supplies for railway construction; A shortage of Inland Water Transport and railway personnel; Pro-Bolshevik feeling among Russian volunteers; The closure of Russian intelligence offices; Discussion of British policy concerning Persia [Iran], and remarks on the situation in Kermanshah; The dispatch of the 3rd Division to Palestine; Efforts to economise on supplies; Movement of ships and loads transported; Action by the Jangalis; The condition of the road to Kermanshah; Locally sourced supplies; 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 23-37); State of supplies on 23 February 1918 (ff 49-50), 2 March 1918 (ff 148-150, 166-167), 9 March 1918 (ff 254-255), 9 March 1918 (ff 297-299); Weekly return of the sick and wounded on 16 February 1918 (ff 51-52), 23 February 1918 (ff 190-191), 2 March 1918 (ff 290-292); Ration strength of Force D on 9 February 1918 (ff 70-73), 16 February 1918 (ff 204-208), 2 February 1928 (ff 274-280); Strength returns and distributions for Force D on 22 December 1917 (ff 84-96), 16 February 1917 (ff 112-120), 2 February 1918 (ff 120-122), 29 December 1917 (ff 124-136), 5 January 1918 (ff 168-180), 9 February 1918 (ff 208-210), 12 January 1918 (ff 238-250), 23 February 1918 (ff 256-264); Distribution of the Turkish Army on 5 March 1918 (ff 106-108), 12 March 1918 (ff 231-233)

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

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