IOR/L/MIL/17/5/3244

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 January 1916. This is accompanied by appendices containing copies and extracts of these papers, which include: letters, telegrams, notes, tables, and memoranda.

A summary of the contents of this volume can be found at folio 3, and the volume concerns:

• Appreciations [reports] and intelligence summaries from the Directorate of Military Operations
• Wireless communication with the Russian stations and laying of wireless cables from Fao [Al-Faw] to Bushire [Bushehr] and from Kuwait to Basrah [Basra]
• The supply of wireless personnel from Australia and New Zealand
• The battle of Shaikh [Sheikh] Sa’ad
• Sir Percy Lake’s appointment as Commander of IEF D
• Medical supplies and the provision of hospitals and hospital ships
• Itemised food supplies
• The supply of military equipment and river craft
• The strength of the Russian force in Persia [Iran]
• Reports that the Turks [Ottomans] were compulsorily enlisting Muslim subjects of enemy and neutral states
• Information concerning Jamal Pasha [Ahmad Jamāl Bāshā]
• The battle of Wadi Nullah [Battle of Wadi]
• Reinforcements for Force D, including the labour corps and for the Marine Survey in Mesopotamia.

The following tables appear:

• The distribution of the troops in Force D on folios 30-32 and 105-106
• The strength of Force D on folios 76-77 and 155
• The composition of IEF D on 1 Jan 16 on folios 125-128.