'WAR DIARY. ARMY HEADQUARTERS, INDIA. […] I.E.F. ''D''. Volume 34. PART II. (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 16 and 31 May 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 IOR/L/MIL/17/5/3276. The volume concerns:. Appreciations [reports] and intelligence summaries from the Directorate of Military Operations; Two diaries of information from 20 April 1917 and 21 April 1917 covering: floods; inland water transport; Red Cross launches; the convalescent depot at Amarah [al-Amarah]; aviation; medical affairs; war gifts to Mesopotamia; and judicial administration in the Occupied Territories of Iraq; A description of the events leading up to the capture of Samarra; Reinforcements for Force D; The ammunition supply; Movements of Turkish [Ottoman] and Russian troops; Plan for the administration of Baghdad and Basrah [Basra]; Reports from the Royal Flying Corps of machines in service and pilots available; Provision and movements of river craft; Progress reports on railway constructions; Lists of sick and wounded; Replacement of Egyptian labourers in Mesopotamia by Indian Labour Corps divisions or Prisoners of War; Punitive measures against tribesmen near Samarra; The strength of the Yazidis; Information concerning relations between Turks and Russians, including information that an armistice was arranged; The health of drafts sent to India for despatch to Mesopotamia; The following tables appear:. Troops and tonnage carried up and down the Tigris and arrival and discharge of vessels at Basrah on folios 7-9 and 96-97; Ration strength of Force D on folios 41-44, 57-59, and 107-110; Distribution of the Turkish Army on folios 88-89 and 151-152; Strength of Force D on folios 116-130

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

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