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No. 1462, dated 29tli May 1908.
From— Commodore G. Warkendeu, Commander-in-Chief, Royal Naval Camj),
Idyatalawa,
To The Secretary to the Government of India, Marine Department.
Be pleased to lay before His Excellency tbe Viceroy and Goyernor-General
of India in Council the attached copy of a letter No. 10, dated May 1903, which
has been received from the Senior Naval Officer in the Persian Gulf The historical term used to describe the body of water between the Arabian Peninsula and Iran. , H.
M. S. “ Proserpine.”
GENERAL LETTER.
S. N. 0., No. 10, dated Maskat, May 1 908.
From—Commander H. W. James Senior Naval Officer, Persian Gulf The historical term used to describe the body of water between the Arabian Peninsula and Iran. ,
i To—The Commander-in-Chief, His Majesty’s Ships and Vessels, East Indies.
In continuation of my letter S, N. O. No 6, dated 24th April 1903, I
have the honour to report as follows.
2 . iHter the arrival of .H. M, S. “ Sphinx ” on 2nd May 1908, a patrol
off the coast between Pas al Kuh and Rasasli Sur was mainiained by the two
ships in turn, one remaining at Jask to guard against a possible attack by the
Afghans still remaining on the coast.
3. On May 8th having ascertained that only 45 Afghans were in the
neighbourhood and that these were 40 miles away, “ Proserpine ” embarked
her detachment of Marines and proceeded to M ask at to coal.
4. “ Sphinx ” remained at Jask with instructions to patrol as frequently
as possible.
5. On arrival at Maskat I found “ Lapwing” had arrived that morning.
“ Proserpine ” completed with coal on 11th May and “Lapwin°-”on 12th
May.
6 . Having received your instructions relative to proceeding to Bombay,
I left for Jask on 12th May and arrived the following day. The Maxim
detachment was embarked on the 13th May, tbe signalmen on the 15th May
and I left for Maskat on the loth May, having turned over the duties of
Senior Naval Officer in the Persian Gull'to Commander Litchfield.
7. The “ Redbreast arrived at Maskat on May 18th, and I left for
Bombay the same date.
8 . The “ Sphinx ” and “Lapwing” remain on the Mekran Coast for the
present though the arms season is practically at an end. “ Lapwing ” will
proceed to El Katif as soon as she can be spared from this duty.
9. 1 he health of the ship s company remains very good.
No. Sll-Confidential, dated Quetta, the Ifith (received 20th) June 1908.
From—The Hon'ble Major Sir Hexry McMahon, K.C.I.E., C S.L, Agent to the
Governor-General in Baluchistan,
To—S. H Butler, Esq., C I.E., Secretary to the Government of India in the
foreign Department.
In continuation of my telegram 592-0., dated the 6th instant, I have the
onom o tepoit, for the information of the Government of India, that infor
mation has been received from the Vice-Consul at Diwan Chah that the main
r s n a ^I? n v succee ded in reaching the Helmand in two parties on the
9th and 11th June. 1
i ‘ion^ 1C wf^ )er J ^’^ ians w ^° reac ^ ie ^ the Helmand is said to have been
, , an ic} aie lepuitedto have followed the route indicated in my telegram
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