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Royal Navy sailors volunteered to prepare the defence of Enzeli, supporting the White Russians against Russian Bolshevik forces. Under Commander Bruce Fraser, the sailors were moved from cleaning up the beaches at the Dardanelles, and sent to Batumi, where they boarded a small train, with three sliding-door goods wagons. After two days travel towards Enzeli, the train was ambushed, and the driver refused to go any further. They returned to Batumi, and loaded onto another ship, which took them to Izmir. They then took a train to Baghdad, and walked the rest of the trip, across Persia, north to Enzeli, accompanied by a few pack-camels and a Gurkha escort. Upon reaching Enzeli, the Gurkhas and camels turned back, and they were left in Enzeli to build up fortifications. Stan Smith, one of the

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  • Royal Navy sailors volunteered to prepare the defence of Enzeli, supporting the White Russians against Russian Bolshevik forces. Under Commander Bruce Fraser, the sailors were moved from cleaning up the beaches at the Dardanelles, and sent to Batumi, where they boarded a small train, with three sliding-door goods wagons. After two days travel towards Enzeli, the train was ambushed, and the driver refused to go any further. They returned to Batumi, and loaded onto another ship, which took them to Izmir. They then took a train to Baghdad, and walked the rest of the trip, across Persia, north to Enzeli, accompanied by a few pack-camels and a Gurkha escort. Upon reaching Enzeli, the Gurkhas and camels turned back, and they were left in Enzeli to build up fortifications. Stan Smith, one of the
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  • Royal Navy sailors volunteered to prepare the defence of Enzeli, supporting the White Russians against Russian Bolshevik forces. Under Commander Bruce Fraser, the sailors were moved from cleaning up the beaches at the Dardanelles, and sent to Batumi, where they boarded a small train, with three sliding-door goods wagons. After two days travel towards Enzeli, the train was ambushed, and the driver refused to go any further. They returned to Batumi, and loaded onto another ship, which took them to Izmir. They then took a train to Baghdad, and walked the rest of the trip, across Persia, north to Enzeli, accompanied by a few pack-camels and a Gurkha escort. Upon reaching Enzeli, the Gurkhas and camels turned back, and they were left in Enzeli to build up fortifications. Stan Smith, one of the survivors, arrived at Enzeli on his 21st birthday, and described the town as "a few old huts, a couple of houses, and a pier sticking out into the Caspian sea". Their job while at Enzeli was not just to prepare fortifications using weapons from ex-Royal Navy ships, but also repair ships used by Anton Denikin. However, Denikin's ships were in such a poor condition that they could not be moved, and so the group had to move once again, this time to Baku, where they found that the ships had not been used or maintained for several years, and were "thick with rust". As they set to work repairing the guns and engines, Baku was overrun by Bolshevik forces, who captured the sailors. Once captured, they were tied up, lined up on the quay, and stripped naked. Their pockets were emptied of their possessions, and their clothes were returned. They were then marched, through jeering crowds, to the prison of Byrloft Chyrma. The prisoners were placed into two adjoining cells, measuring sixteen feet square each. The cells had a bare earth floor, and no furniture, blankets or bedding.
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