The Archive · 1937

French Admiral to Be Changed

Tsingtao, Apr. 16. Vice-Admiral Esteva, Commander-in-Chief of the French forces in the Far East, arrived this morning from Nagasaki! aboard the flagship Lamotte Plequet which will be joined by three vessels, the Tahure, Amizol Charrier and Dumont-Durvilie. "They will remain in Tsingtao unfit April 23 after which they will proceed to Shanghai.

Vice-Admiral Esteva will hand over: his command on May 15 to Vice-'Admiral Lo Bigot who is now on his: Way to the Far Bast from France:

Text read from the printed page and cleaned; old type leaves the occasional error.

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