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GUICHEN DESAIX<br />

CHARNER<br />

They followed just an appeal for rescue: With the most<br />

modem equipment o f those days the French fleet had<br />

been alarmed that the Armenians o f Musa Dagh had<br />

failed to conquer the road between Anatolia and Syria<br />

which would have cut the Ottoman Empire into two<br />

pieces. As soon as it was clear that the Armenian revolt<br />

on Musa Dagi had been a failure, the French rescue fleet,<br />

consisting o f five battleships and one transport ship,<br />

JEAN N E D ’ARC<br />

FOUDRE<br />

The Fremch fleet at Musa Dagh<br />

appeared in the Bay o f Samandag and evacuated the<br />

Armenian mercenaries. Around 4,000 yuong men were<br />

transfered to Suez and Cypms from where, after contin­<br />

ued military training, they once more fought against<br />

Turkey.<br />

The French fleet consisted o f the warship Guichen,<br />

Desaix, Jeanne D'Ark, D 'Estres, Foudre and the trans­<br />

porter Charner. If anyone can be described as "helpless"<br />

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