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Saturday 21 April 2012

Worse living conditions on board of a Turkish transport according to the Dutch newspaper Vlissingse Courant dated 11 January 1906

An item described that according to an official report a board of a troop transport returning homewards from Jemen 150 soldiers died of hunger.(1) When she finally arrived at Port Said was no food more on board just 350 starving soldiers.

Note
1. In North Jemen was an Arabian revolt against the Ottoman empire going on. In 1918 North Jemen became independent. South Jemen (Aden) was a British protectorate until 1967.