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	The '''Aden Brigade''' was a formation of the [[British Indian Army]] formed after 1903 and the [[Kitchener Reforms]]. It was commanded by Major General Bell.<ref>Sumner, p.9</ref>		The '''Aden Brigade''' was a formation of the [[British Indian Army]] formed after 1903 and the [[Kitchener Reforms]]. It was commanded by [[Major General Bell]].<ref>Sumner, p.9</ref>

	In August 1914, Connelly writes that the British force in [[Aden Settlement]] consisted of only two battalions, one British and the other Indian, and a cavalry troop 'barely 100 strong' under the control of the [[Political Resident, Aden]].<ref>Connelly, Mark. [http://www.js-ww1.bham.ac.uk/articles/issue3_Connelly.pdf "The British Campaign in Aden, 1914–1918".] {{Webarchive\|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20121115104847/http://www.js-ww1.bham.ac.uk/articles/issue3_Connelly.pdf \|date=2012-11-15 }} ''Journal of the Centre for First World War Studies'', 2:1 (2005) 65–96.</ref> On the outbreak of war, the British battalion, 1st Battalion, [[Royal Irish Rifles]], was recalled to Britain, leaving the defences weak.		In August 1914, Connelly writes that the British force in [[Aden Settlement]] consisted of only two battalions, one British and the other Indian, and a cavalry troop 'barely 100 strong' under the control of the [[Political Resident, Aden]].<ref>Connelly, Mark. [http://www.js-ww1.bham.ac.uk/articles/issue3_Connelly.pdf "The British Campaign in Aden, 1914–1918".] {{Webarchive\|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20121115104847/http://www.js-ww1.bham.ac.uk/articles/issue3_Connelly.pdf \|date=2012-11-15 }} ''Journal of the Centre for First World War Studies'', 2:1 (2005) 65–96.</ref> On the outbreak of war, the British battalion, 1st Battalion, [[Royal Irish Rifles]], was recalled to Britain, leaving the defences weak.