Colliers waiting at Lourenço Marques for Russian fleet acccording to the Dutch newspaper De Sumatra Post dated 21 December 1904

An item dated Singapore 21 December reported that 4 colliers were lying at Lourenço Marques (Maputo), Mocambique [then Portuguese Mozambique or Portuguese East Africa] waiting for the Russian Baltic Sea squadron.(1)

Note

1. Russo-Japanese War 8 February 1904-5 September 1905