Losses of troops through heatstroke on train. Receives orders to leave for Mesopotamia to command newly formed 2nd Btn./103rd L.I. Sails from Karachi on 'Elephanta', 12 Jul, as O.C. troops on transport ship. Arr. Basra, on the Shatt-el-Arab, 16 Jul. Disembarks troops and sets of to join regime...
Presides at Military Court to try seven German internees at Ahmednaggar, 28 Aug accused of attempting to smuggle secret messages out of prison in letters home. 6 month sentences. Member of an A.H.Q. Committee for the issue of free rations to the Indian Army for the New Year, at Delhi, Dec.
Regiment ordered to move to Bombay to guard against possible German naval raids Regiment ordered to North West Frontier. 2nd Bn./103rd re-formed as 103rd, after loss of 1st Bn. at Kut. Arr. Bannu, N.W.F., 20 Mar. Description of Bannu area. Tours outposts. Mahsud raids.
The Mahsud Rebellion Account of the capture of Tut Narai Fort by the Mahsud tribesmen. Ross attends Hill Warfare Course at Abbotabad. Arrival of Mr. Montagu as Sec. of State for India, Nov 1917. General Bruce's inspection. Life in a frontier fort. Operation for hernia at Poona. Influenza ep...