‘WAR DIARY. ARMY HEADQUARTERS, INDIA. […] I.E.F. “D”. Volume 5. (December 10th to December 31st, 1914.)’
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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 10 and 31 December 1914. This is accompanied by appendices containing copies and extracts of these pape...
‘WAR DIARY. ARMY HEADQUARTERS, INDIA. […] I.E.F. “D”. Volume 60. (From 1st to 31st July 1919.)’
Scope & Content:
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 31 July 1919. This is accompanied by appendices containing copies and extracts of these papers, w...
Summary of correspondence relative to the administration of the Port of Basrah and measures for the control of the shipping traffic in Mesopotamia.
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This secret summary was compiled by the Army Department, War Section Case and printed in Simla in September 1919. It contains letters and telegrams sent from 11 December 1915 to 14 August 1916 between the officers of the Government of India and the Director-General of Port Administration and Riv...
'MAP No. 7 To illustrate the Battle of Kut 28th. September 1915'
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The map accompanies The Campaign in Mesopotamia 1914-1918. Volume I, and shows a region to the north and east of Kut [Al Kūt] in central and eastern Iraq, indicating military operations, settlements and vegetation. Rivers and marshes are printed in blue. Prepared in the Historical Section of t...
The map accompanies The Campaign in Mesopotamia 1914-1918. Volume II, and shows a stretch of the River Tigris between Kut [Al Kūt] and Baghdad in central and eastern Iraq, indicating military operations, cities, towns and routes. Rivers and marshes are printed in blue. Prepared in the Historic...
'MAP 13. RIVER TIGRIS BETWEEN ALI GHARBI AND SHUMRAN.'
Scope & Content:
The map accompanies The Campaign in Mesopotamia 1914-1918. Volume II, and shows a stretch of the River Tigris between Ali Gharbi [‘Alī al Gharbī] and Shumran [Ash Shumrānī]in central and eastern Iraq, indicating towns and settlements. Rivers and marshes are printed in blue. Prepared in the Hist...
'MAP 15 MAP TO ILLUSTRATE THE ACTION OF THE WADI.'
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The map accompanies The Campaign in Mesopotamia 1914-1918. Volume II, and shows a stretch of the River Tigris and the River Wadi [Nahr al Wādī] to the north and west of Shaikh Saad [Shaykh Sa‘d] in central and eastern Iraq, indicating military operations, settlements, watercourses and marshes. ...
MAP 31 TO ILLUSTRATE THE PASSAGE OF THE ADHAIM 18th. April, 1917.
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The map accompanies The Campaign in Mesopotamia 1914-1918. Volume III, and shows a region around the confluence of the River Tigris and the River Adhaim [Nahr al ‘Uz̧aym] in central and eastern Iraq, indicating watercourses, old canals, settlements and tracks. Rivers are printed in blue, and Tur...
The map accompanies The Campaign in Mesopotamia 1914-1918. Volume III, and shows a region of western Persia and eastern Iraq to the north of Baghdad, indicating towns, settlements, roads, railways and watercourses. Hachures and sketch marks give some indication of relief, and rivers, lakes and m...
'MAP 29 TO ILLUSTRATE THE AFFAIR OF DUQMA. 29th. March, 1917.'
Scope & Content:
The map accompanies The Campaign in Mesopotamia 1914-1918. Volume III, and shows a region to the south and east of Duqma in central and eastern Iraq, indicating towns, settlements, roads, railways, watercourses and vegetation. Sketch marks give some indication of relief. The line of the Turkish ...
