German coalers and store ships providing Russian Baltic fleet according to the Dutch newspaper Het nieuws van den dag voor Nederlandsch-Indië dated 4 March 1905

An item dated Port Saïd, Egypt the 3^rd reported that nine German coalers and two steamships with provisions and stores needed by the the Russian Baltic Fleet underway to Vladivostok left Port Saïd.(1)

Note

1. At that moment was the Russo-Japanese War (8 February 1904-5 September 1905) going on.