Gazette Information: On the night of 24th/25th April 1916 in Mesopotamia, an attempt was made to reprovison the force besieged at Kut-el-Amara. Lieutenant-Commander Cowley with a lieutenant (commanding SS Julnar), a sub-lieutenant and 12 ratings, started off with 270 tons of stores up the River Tigris. Unfortunately Julnar was attacked almost at once by Turkish machine-guns and artillery. At Magasis, steel hawsers stretched across the river halted the expedition, the enemy opened fire at point-blank range and Julnar's bridge was smashed. Julnar's commander was killed, also several of his crew; Lieutenant-Commander Cowley was taken prisoner with the other survivors and almost certainly executed by the Turks.
Fold3_Team · Oct 31, 2023
Gazette Information: On the night of 24th/25th April 1916 in Mesopotamia, an attempt was made to reprovison the force besieged at Kut-el-Amara. Lieutenant-Commander Cowley with a lieutenant (commanding SS Julnar), a sub-lieutenant and 12 ratings, started off with 270 tons of stores up the River Tigris. Unfortunately Julnar was attacked almost at once by Turkish machine-guns and artillery. At Magasis, steel hawsers stretched across the river halted the expedition, the enemy opened fire at point-blank range and Julnar's bridge was smashed. Julnar's commander was killed, also several of his crew; Lieutenant-Commander Cowley was taken prisoner with the other survivors and almost certainly executed by the Turks.