"رحلة أوترام وهافلوك في بلاد فارس، بقلم النقيب ج. هـ. هانت، ٧٨ هايلاندرز. يوجد في المقدمة ملخص عن التاريخ الفارسي، تقرير عن الاختلافات المتعددة بين إنجلترا وبلاد فارس واستفسار عن أصل الحرب السابقة. بقلم جورج تاونسيند، مؤلف كتاب "ملخص أوروبا الحديثة لراسل"". [‎٢‎٢‎٩] (٣٩٠/٢٥٨)

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to decrease daily after the action of the 8th,-
and forage in particular became expensive and
scarce; yet the horses of both cavalry and
artillery retained condition, and showed but
little ill effect from the rough work lately
undergone.
ihe exercise which the working parties, as
well as ordinary duties, imposed upon the men,
appeared to have a most beneficial effect in a
sanitary way, as well as employing their idle
time. Three hundred men was the quota
furnished daily by every regiment to the en
gineers for disposal. Heavy surf on the bar of
the roadstead now for some days interrupted
free communication with the shipping, but
preparations steadily continued for what
camp rumour affirmed to be a contemplated
attack on the town of Mohammerah, a place of
some importance situated at the confluent of
the Karoon and Euphrates (here called Shat-
el-Arab) rivers, and distant about three days'
sail. Hie enemy being reported to have erected
formidable batteries, and to be in considerable
force in the place, very serious work was an
ticipated.