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Thursday, 13 June 2019

Increasing numbers of foreign officers in Turkish armed forces according to the Dutch newspaper Rotterdamsch Nieuwsblad dated 12 December 1913

An item reported the increasing number of foreign officers in the Turkish armed forces. So was the British admiral Limpus (1)to be appointed as member of the Turkish Navy Staff and was a British rear admiral appointed as commanding officer of a flotilla torpedo boats.

Note
1. Sir Arthur Henry Limpus (7 June 1863 St. Neots, Huntingdonshire-3 November 1931 Alassio, Italy) was advisor of the Turkish cabinet in 1912-1914.