An item dated London, England 8th reported that officially was stated that the tiding received from Paris, France that the British troops were preparing their retreat from Constantinople, Turkey was not true. The large battleship Emperor of India (1) was expected at Malta and to go from there with all haste towards Constantinople.2(20
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1. Of the Iron Duke-class consisting of the Iron Duke, Marlborough, Benbow and Emperor of India. Preceded by the King George V-class and succeeded by the Queen Elizabeth-class. Laid down at Vickers, Barrow-in-Furnesss on 31 May 1912, launched on 27 November 1913, renamed Emperor of India, completed in November 1914, commissioned on 10 November 1914 and finally stricken in 1929, used as a target for gun practices sunk in 1931 salvaged and sold to be broken up on 6 February 1932 arriving at Rosyth, Scotland on 16 February 1932 for this purpose, Her building was ordered as the Delhi.
2. At that moment was the Turkish War of Independence between 19 May 1919-11 October 1922 although there was an armistice still unfinished. Not earlier as on 24 July 1923 was with the Treaty of Lausanne peace. Their opponents of the Ottoman Sultanate were Armenia, Greece, England, Italy and France. The locations of the acts were was Anatolia, North Mesopotamia and Thrace.
