The Australian War Memorial Collection. Test site
Bazaars along the backwater at Enzeli, the Persian port on the Caspian. The Dunsterforce used this town as a base from June, till relieved in October 1918, for their operation at Baku, Krasnovodsk and Lenkoran.
The docks at Enzeli, used by Dunsterforce (commanded by Major General L C Dunsterville, Indian Regular Army) for transporting elements of Dunsterforce to Baku, Azerbaijan. This force was raised with t
Krasnovodsk on the Caspian Sea, the terminus of the Trans-Caspian railway, and the chief seaport of the Trans-Caspian Republic, whose headquarters were at Askabad, 500 miles to the south. In October 1
The morning after the evacuation of Baku. Members of the Dunsterforce on board the President Paul Kruger en route from Baku to Enzeli on the Caspian Sea. Note the bales of raw cotton from Turkistan
The Dunsterforce arriving at Ruz, in Mesopotamia, from Persia, after being relieved by the North Persian Force during October 1918.
The Russian Wireless Station at Enzeli, by means of which constant touch was kept with the outside world. The Dunsterforce took over this station upon their occupation of Enzeli, and used it for servi
The Hotel at Enzeli, taken over by the Dunsterforce for the accommodation of the staff. Watermelons, supplied as a ration to the troops and forming a staple food for the civil population, are seen sta
