Thank you for availing me the opportunity to access this list. As I previously stated in my application to join, I am, as yet, an unpublished author, writing of the collapse of the Christian Latin Kingdom in the Middle East circa 1291. My story includes a fictional son of Lu Xiufu, Prime Minister to the last Song Emperor, who survives the battle of Yamen and in his follow up life ends up a slave in the household of a Crusader Knight and his family. Accounts of the battle of Yamen, often referenced as the final Kublai Khan victory over the Southern Song are varied. Some say it was a land battle, others that it was a sea battle off the coast of Lantau Island, or a battle in the river Yinyu, where I assume the City Yamen currently sits One account references the Admiral of the Song Fleet chaining the ships together to prevent escape. The river Yinyu at Yamen is currently only about 1 mile wide. The Song galleys, were chained together to prevent any sailors or soldiers from escaping the battle. From what i have been able to gather the ships would have had a beam of around 20ft. Some accounts put the Song Navy at 1000 ships so if they were chained beam to beam, which would not be a good battle position, the width of the naval blockade would be approximately 5 Miles which doesn’t seem to fit with the topography of the area mentioned in reports. Additionally some stories talk about Lu Xiufu gathering the Emperor in his arms and jumping off a cliff into the ocean. I have never visited the area around Yamen but my Google Maps does not show cliffs surrounding the river Yinyu.My question is; Where did the battle of Yamen take place? There are a number of Documentaries available but all in Mandarin with no subtitles. Similarly my search in my local and Sunshine Coast University Libraries, as well as the Queensland State Library give me little data on the battle, referring to it sometimes as the battle of Mount Ya. Whilst the battle and consequences are of minor importance in my story, and I understand major importance in the history of China, I am striving for historical accuracy so if anyone has any information on the final battle of the Song Dynasty I would be most appreciative. It doesn’t need to be too definitive but what I need to know is the exact location of the battle, the finality and location of the Emperor’s death and non-Yuan accounts of the escaped ships, and lastly were these galleys with oarsmen, sail and oar or just sailing ships. Thank you in anticipation. Yours sincerely Chris Lloyd