"دليل الخليج. مجلد I. القسم التاريخي. الأجزاء Iأ و Iب. ج.ج. لوريمر ١٩١٥" [‎٦‎٦‎٥] (١٧٨٢/٨٠٨)

665
rj; ^: iij
' wk-a 5 r .
^nsee si:| ^
P«nn Gt^,
— i ai re;
liailielxj;
1 -'%»Ck5
l Cor..
ttca ft
* ^BHpiR
imccii: |
mimt i i
is?«r,l4
ttbiaifcri
; xim:!»:
s.si (Kt'irjti
ini istibi
sk rxiik-l
tLiivm
Ti k ieOd',
asiguiiv
rr iiSTi
1 "J: Gf^
t is rjs
K at ^. ::; ■
a uj
r ^ ^
^ 0^
Collier; H .M .S. " Eden/' 26 guns ; H.M.S. " Curlew/' 18 guns ;
and the H .E .I. Company's cruisers " Teignmouth/' "Benares,"
"Aurora/' " Nautilus," " Ariel " and " Vestal," of 16, 16, 14,14, 10,
and 10 guns respectively. The transports for the conveyance of land
troops and naval stores numbered 18 ; and the military portion of the
force consisted of one company of European artillery,* His Majesty's
4i7tli and 65th Regiments, the 1st Battalion of the 2nd Regiment of
Native Infantry, the flank companies of the 1st Battalion of the 3rd
Kegiment of Native Infantry and of the Marine Battalion, and half a
company of Pioneers : in all 3,069 fighting men, of whom 1,645 were
Europeaas and 1,424 were sepoys.t The divisional staff consisted of
Major E.G. Stannus, Assistant Adjutant-General; Captain D. Wilson,
Assistant Quartermaster-General ; and Captain G. F. Sadleir of the 47th
Regiment, Interpreter : the place of the last, as he was still absent
on his mission, was taken by J Captain T. Perronet Thompson of H. M.'s
17th Light Dragoons,
Sir W. Grant Keir having embarked in the "Liverpool," the The voyage,
division of transports carrying the European troops sailed from Bombay
on the 3rd of November 1819 and was followed by the remainder at
an interval of a few days ; the whole were under the convoy of men-of-
war. The Qawasim remained active to the last. At the end of October
their vessels were reported to be cruising in large numbers off the
coasts of Makran, Sind and Kathiawar ; and the " Curlew," while
actually on her way to Bombay to join the fleet, had been attacked by
15 large Qasimi boats which she defeated in a five hours battle,
sinking three and capturiug seven. While the fleet made straight for the
appointed rendezvous off Qishm, the commander of the expedition pro
ceeded in the " Liverpool " to confer with Saiyid ba'id at Masqat, arriv
ing there on the 13th of November ; on the 21st he rejoined the main
body of the expedition at sea ; and on the 24th, a gale then blowing,
all but the rearmost ships were collected at an anchorage undca the
lee of Larak Island.
On the 25th of November the " Liverpool," accompanied by^ the
" Benares," arrived off Kas -al-Khaimah and blockaded the harbour, blockade of
while the transports on the 26th moved round to Qishm town to take ^ s h> a1 "^"
' The guns were *'a battering train of six 18-pounderB, with some lU-inch moitftM
Mid Sj-lnch howitzers, and field pieces in proportion.' (Regimental Records.)
t" The 65th Regiment embarked 750 rank and tile on this expedition,^and ^he lig
company was armed and equipped, by the authority and i *nctiou of Gorsrumen ,
nflemen.'' (Regimental Records of the 66th Foot.)
+ See footnote page 463 ante.
■