28 SEPTEMBER 1918, Page 2

The small British force under General Dunsterville which went to

Baku at the end of July at the request of the new anti-Bolshevik Administration had to abandon the town on September 14th and return-across the Caspian Sea to Enzeli, in Northern Persia. The local Armenian volunteers declined to fight, and the Russian volun- teers were few in numbers. The whole burden of resistance to the large Turkish force besieging the town fell on our little force, which was only intended to form a trained nucleus for the Baku army. General Dunsterville, after several sharp encounters with the Turks, wisely evacuated the town.