We have nearly reached Aden.
As his ship reached Aden, he was stopped there and ordered back to England.
The northerners have been battling to reach Aden all week but had said they would only blockade the city but not enter it, and promised not to harm the civilian population of more than 500,000.
There was then no question of being able to reach Aden; the danger facing them was that they wouldn't have enough fuel to get back to Addu Atoll.
Delegates from Yemen said the cease-fire would last 48 hours to allow relief aid to reach Aden.
When Nancy reaches Aden and sees the obituary in the paper, she becomes catatonic.
Reports reached Aden that the Ottomans were preparing to retire from Lahij itself, and in September a column under Colonel Elsmie set out in the direction of Waht.
While Sydney was sidetracked, and ended up in the Battle of Cocos, the rest of the convoy reached Aden on 25 October.
First Albergaria reached Aden, which offered to surrender but the he felt he could not spare the men to garrison the port.
In August 1513, after a second attempt to reach Aden, they returned to India with no substantial results.