 On 21 May, the Naval Minister, Armand Gauthier, came aboard "Vérité" for a cruise to Ajaccio, Corsica; from there, she carried Gauthier to Bizerte.After arriving there on 24 May, he transferred to the new dreadnought for the voyage back to France.The squadron visited various ports in June, but following the assassination of Archduke Franz Ferdinand and the ensuing July Crisis prompted the fleet to remain close to port, making only short training sorties as international tensions rose.