Item 02: General William Holmes operation orders, 1914-June 1916 - Page 55
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at 10 am. A 1/2 coy under Lieut Westgarth was sent forward along the loop road to Takapur and thence to Toma. The main body moving along Toma Rd. At 12 noon a flag of truce from the Governor was sent in, but did not think its terms satisfactory especially as the officer demanded 4 hours armistice before he could give me a reply. I sent forward a written demand for surrender of the Governor & his principal officials, saying that I intended to continue my advance on Toma (a copy of which had already been forwarded to you) The advance was continued at 1 pm and Toma was occupied at 3.10 the last hour & a half of the march being through a torrential downpour Suspecting the enemy to be in position here I shelled the ridges on the South side of the village and proceeded to the Governors quarters, he had already moved on. Having destroyed telephone connection &