'WAR DIARY. ARMY HEADQUARTERS, INDIA. […] I.E.F. ''D''. Volume 41. 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 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)

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

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