One commander in this war referred to his subordinate, Rear Admiral Enkvist, as "Slutty Old Geezer" and during this war that same commander attempted to buy several cruisers from Argentina and Chile.
One commander in this war referred to his subordinate, Rear Admiral Enkvist, as "Slutty Old Geezer" and during this war that same commander attempted to buy several cruisers from Argentina and Chile. The spy Garting's actions led to an incident involving a boat nicknamed the Lecherous Slut, and the deaf general Oskar Grippenberg led an inconclusive attack which originally surprised his opponents. Admiral Witgeft's defeat was seen as a tragedy for the losing side in this war, and Klado encouraged Admiral Nebogatov to use several old ships, after which 1,300 sailors were sent to detention camps for refusing to board the obsolete ships. Lesser known battles in this war included Shaho and Sandepu, while the fleet of Zinovy Rozhdestvensky famously fired on fishing ships on the Dogger Bank before being defeated by Togo Heihachiro at the Battle of Tsushima Straits. Ended by the Treaty of Portsmouth, FTP, name this war which saw the first defeat of a European power by an Asian one.
One commander in this war referred to his subordinate, Rear Admiral Enkvist, as "Slutty Old Geezer" and during this war that same commander attempted to buy several cruisers from Argentina and Chile.
{Russo-Japanese} War