Iles war diary, 1914-1919 / G. H. Iles - Page 86
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good run around the town and see things – The natives appeared to be very intellectual, and the town not too bad, but the island was very hilly, upon which was built on one side a soldiers barracks, and which was at this time occupied by "Canadians"
Dec 27th at 1.30 P.M. we were ordered to proceed to Trinidad (Port of Spain)
Dec 28th at 8 A.M. we arrived and anchored in Port of Spain off the town,- we then coaled oiled, and watered, after which we took up a special pilot and departed at 6 P.M. to an unknown destination, - weather very fine & warm – Our Captain afterwards informed us that we were proceeding to Caribbean Sea to search islands therein for "Karlsrhue" – This sounded like a pleasant little enterprise, and we were all hoping that there would be something doing and the weather was very fine and warm
Dec 30th at 1 P.M. we entered Gulf of "Venezuela" – This was the first neutral port we had entered since the outbreak of war – It was