SHIPS FOR THE BLACK SEA.
MEDITERRANEAN FLEET. (Received 11.35 p.m.) Reuter. LONDON, Jan. 19. Advices from Malta on, January 16 state that orders have been received by a number of warships to leave on January 18, apparently for the Black Sea. Every available ship is shipping stores of coal to its utmost capacity, taking in sufficient for several months. \
The authorities are reticent, but it is understood that the allied fleets, with Britain represented by the greater part of the Mediterranean fleet, are taking the necessary steps in view of the serious situation „in . .South „ Russia. .. The Dreadnoughts Marlborough and Benbow, and several light cruisers, are already at Constantinople.
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New Zealand Herald, Volume LVII, Issue 17375, 23 January 1920, Page 5
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