 On the fall of Ras Al Khaimah, three ships were sent to blockade the nearby harbour at Rams, to the North.They landed a force on 18 December, which fought its way inland through date plantations to the hilltop fort of Dhayah on the 19th.There, 398 men and another 400 women and children held out, without water or effective cover from the sun, for three days under heavy fire until the two 24-pound cannon from Liverpool were once again pressed into use.