'WAR DIARY. ARMY HEADQUARTERS, INDIA. […] I.E.F. ''D''. Volume 35. 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 June 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 3-10. The volume concerns:. Appreciations [reports] and intelligence summaries from the Directorate of Military Operations dated 3 June 1917 (folios 47-48); 10 June 1917 (ff 144-145); Two diaries of information from 12 May 1917 (ff 73-83) and 19 May 1917 (ff 147-156) covering: climate and floods, inland water transport, aviation, and medical affairs; Lists of the sick and wounded; Reinforcements for Force D; Movements of Turkish [Ottoman] and Russian troops; Reports from the Royal Flying Corps of machines in service and pilots available; Provision and movements of river craft; Progress of railway constructions and future railway policy; Punitive measures against tribesmen near Samarra; Sending time-expired Egyptian labourers to India; Supplies of guns, howitzers, horses, and supply ships; Relations with Arab tribes and formation of Arab Labour Corps; Communications by river and railway; Eyewitness statements regarding the killing of British wounded by Turkish soldiers; Organisation of the Port Administration and Conservancy Directorate; A report from Brigadier General Sir George Buchanan, Director of Port Administration and River Conservancy concerning works to be carried out to improve the rivers (ff 100-120); A discussion about sending confidential information; Forecast of Russian intentions; The following tables appear:. Distribution and composition of Force D, including details of: lines of communication; general organisation; units captured at Kut-al-Amarah [Al-Kut]; and names of General Officers and Brigade Commanders (ff 11-30); State of supplies (ff 57-59, 87-89, 161-163, 176-177); Distribution of the Turkish Army (ff 65-66, 167-168); Ration strength of Force D (ff 70-72, 125-127, 127-130, 155-156); Report of troops and tonnage carried up and down the Tigris (ff 92-95, 174-176); List of captured arms, ammunition, and material received at Ordnance Depots from 1 January 1917 to 31 March 1917 (ff 191-204)

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

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