An item referred to a letter published by the British newspaper Globe of
London which reported that the British expedition towards the Persian Gulf
consisted of 5.050 military excluded 1.000 sailors and marines, further more of
14 steamships of which six were armed with 4-10 68pd guns, 10 heavily armed
gunboats, 4 schooners and other small vessel to disembark the troops and 20 or
24 transports.
Note
1. Fitted out in the
so-called Anglo-Persian war with to conquer the Citadel of Heart, Afghanistan
from the Persian Shah Naser al-Din Shah.
