Triple Entente troop transports arriving at Marseille, France according to the Kriegsnachrichten of the Chef des Admiralstabes der Marine dated Berlin 5 August 1917

An item referred to the attache at Madrid reporting the arrival on 25 July at Marseille, France of 4 steam transports coming with troops from Algiers and Oran, on 27 July the French steam transport Lotus with 2,000 Indochinese soldiers, furthermore 2 smaller steamships with troops coming from Algiers and on 30 Jully a fully occupied British steam transport with colonial troops.

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Bundesarchiv RM-40-622