On 12 July 1915, Rais Ali and Tangestani’s attacked the British residency in Bushehr but they were relapsed, on 8 August 1915 the British forces occupied Bushehr with five hundred more Anglo-Indian cavalrymen. The occupation lasted from 8 August to 16 October, when it was terminated by agreement with the Persian government. On August 9 it was decided to send elements from four companies of the 96th Berar Infantry (70 rifles from each) to land at Dilwar, along with Royal Navy elements, a Royal Marine covering force and a Navy demolition team.
The 96th was under the command of Major C.E.H. Wintle, and the force was accompanied by the Royal Navy’s HMS Juno under the aforementioned Captain Wake, along with the HMS Pyramus and the Royal Indian Marine ships HMIMS Dalhousie and HMIMS Lawrence as troopshipsalong with a Naval Landing Party of about 100 men. After the landings the ships would seek to seize any Tangistani dhows in the Gulf.
