'File W/4 Hostilities in Persia: Tangistan Blockade; Confiscation of Tea for Tangistan' [‎13r] (25/411)

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6 foot at about 7 milss/faK the mouth. At about 8 mi lei
we pasaod a large ooean going dhow A term adopted by British officials to refer to local sailing vessels in the western Indian Ocean. which a fisherman
informed me waa a Tangairi.
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As I considered it Jburt to interview the headmen of
t e villages before taking any aotio^we hoisted a white
flag and proceeded further up the river, but within 200
yards of the dhow A term adopted by British officials to refer to local sailing vessels in the western Indian Ocean. fire was opened on us from the bank by
a few men well concealed in the scrub. The only men visible
were from 200 to 300 yards away. Their fire was si
by a maxim, and we then returned to the dhow A term adopted by British officials to refer to local sailing vessels in the western Indian Ocean. and di
her with a charge of gun-cotton and burnt a smaller
which was a little lower down. Six more dhows wer
near Ziarat, but there were probably several more
the date palms. There were no casualties.
4. In the afternoon we proceeded to Ras-al-Khan which was
reported to contain Tangsiri dhows. 3 of the 4 boats in the
anchorage had satisfactory papers, but, we observed the
crew of the fourth dhow A term adopted by British officials to refer to local sailing vessels in the western Indian Ocean. bolting with some of theifar be
longings on their backs, and the Bushirft crew of another
boat stated that the boat was fror Tangistan. I sent a
man'after them informing them that if they did not return
within half an hour I would have their dhow A term adopted by British officials to refer to local sailing vessels in the western Indian Ocean. burnt. They
did;' not return, and the boat was accordi/igly burnt
5. On August 31st "Pyramus" anchored^'ukhailah Island
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and I accompanied a reconnaissance of the shoal water
behind some sand banks and islands which are not marked in
the Chart, but without finding any Tangsiri boats.
6. On September Ist ,, Pyramus ,, anchored off Dilwar, and the
"Edward Ross" with a 3 pounder and the motor cutter with
a maxim were sent away to destroy 2 dhows which appeared to
be above high tide level opposite Ua»okh some distarce
above Dilwar. On landing we discovered that the dhows were
up a creek some 400 yards inland; and before the landing
party had proceeded 100 yards fire was opened on them by
some 20 or 30 men well concealed, probably in
As it was certain that the demolition party would suffer
heavy
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