TCD MS 3414 folio 27 recto
[May-June 1915]
some 1500 Turks retiring along the right bank parallel & within 500 yards of them, they hesitated as to the advisibility of firing and decided that as the Turks were so numerous & their cover so good little good would arrive in so doing. At this very moment, some 200 Turks & 12 officers appeared on the bank waving a white flag, a boat was put off and the officers & the mens rifles were put on board; the men were ordered to march back to Amara[h] as there was no room on the little tugboat; this they did & without escort! More, & still more were collected in the same way. On nearing Amara[h] on their return journey down stream, the Arabs were seen streaming in & out of the Turkish Residency looting, this was checked by a few rounds from the machine gun. To their left almost hidden in the mirage hundreds of the enemy were seen making their way towards the marshes. The Comet with General Townshend had now arrived, it being about 11 a.m., several senior Turkish officers who had surrendered were on board with him. It was then realized that the Turkish Barracks & Arsenal were full of troops. Lieut Palmer