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Description: | British officer served with 7th Bn North Staffordshire Regt with Dunsterforce in Persia and Soviet Union, 1918 and with 6th Cavalry Bde in Turkey, 1918; present at siege of Baku, 1918
REEL 1 Recollections of operations as adjutant with 7th Bn North Staffordshire Regt with Dunsterforce during Turkish siege of Baku, Soviet Union, 8/1918-9/1918: arrival aboard President Kruger, 4/8/1918; taking up defensive positions; opinion of Armenian troops; British reinforcements; casualties; state of health and medical post; Turkish shellfire assisted by intelligence from spies; reception on arrival, 4/8/1918; taking up defensive positions and situation; opinion of Armenian troops; use of General Dunsterville's staff to advise Armenian and Russian units; lack of discipline in Armenian and Russian units; account of evacuation of Baku, 14/9/1918, including launch of successful Turkish attack, 05.00, objections and threats from Baku civilian government representatives, evacuation arrangements, threats from Baku civilian government to order guard ship to open fire on evacuation ships, sailing without lights success in passing guard ships; oil impregnated ground; climate; food rations; water supply; caviar supply. Recollections of operations with 6th Cavalry Bde on Turkish rearguard positions at Kulawand, 27/4/1918: view of successful cavalry charge on Turkish positions; situation; role of mobile Lewis gun detachment; prior reconnaissance; orders to advance; problem with boggy ground; collecting Turkish POWs and casualties. | Publisher: | http://www.iwm.org.uk | Source: | Imperial War Museum | Creator: | BBC | Identifier: | http://www.iwm.org.uk/collections/item/o... | Go to resource |
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