With the Persian Expedition

The author recounts his service with a small, secret expeditionary force sent into north-west Persia and Transcaucasia during the closing stages of the Great War, describing its objectives, movements, and skirmishes with opposing forces. He mixes military narrative—marches, armoured cars, aeroplane actions, fighting at towns and passes, evacuations, and training of local levies—with vivid descriptions of geography, famine, tribal societies, and political complexity. Observations on logistics, intelligence work, and civilian suffering, including relief efforts and profiteering, intersperse operational episodes to show how a little-known campaign intersected with broader regional politics.