TCD MS 10515 folio 136 verso
Party under the Political Officer, jumped to the bank, hurried from the ship to take up their position between the villages and intercept communication. The remainder of the troops in this boat, including myself, disembarked at greater leisure and took up a position at “point 3” in the palm groves that fringed the shore.
Meanwhile the monitor had anchored at the junction of Gurmat Sultan canal with the river and the other steamer with No. 1 party had come alongside at Willow Creek (S.3 on map). This party was on the move soon after No. 2 party. The machine guns of No. 5 party were finding their place on the bank of the canal. The scheme seemed to be working with mechanical regularity; not a sound could be heard through the din, calm air; the men