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Show oo W DER GOLTZ DIES IN TURKEY Organized the Defenses of Gal-I Gal-I lipoli Peninsula German Strategist. Amsterdam, Ala London. April 22. 325 a m Baron Kolmar von dor oltz. commander-in-chief of the First Turkish arhiv died Wednesday of snotted fever at the headquarter? "t h's Turk'sh arniv, according to an -fflcial announcement received here from Berlin. He has been 111 teu das Field Marshal Von dcr Goltz wa regarded ps'o'nfr of Grmflny's greatest great-est strateclFts Up was 72 years ot ''ge Ho had peon exienslvc mllitan i$erlco bavins; fought in the Austrian campaign and been on the staff of Prince Frederick Charles in the Franco-R'issjpn war In 1S33 he was sent to reco'is'ruct he Turkish army and remained in Turkey for thirteen years In August 1914 he wa appointed militarv governor of the occupied part nf Belgfum, but in November of the same year he was relieved of this command and ser-t to Turkey, vherfe he was appointed miliary commind ant at Constantinople and acting mln ister of war He was instrumental In .'onning the strong Turkl3h defense op the Galllpoll penlnsulp and frequently predicted that the allied fleet would not b" able to force a ws3age of th? I Dardanelles He received his com-j com-j mnnd ns ch'ef of the First Tu-klsh nrmy In April of lact year when lie suceeded General Llman vori Sand crs in command of the Dardanelles. Recent dispatches reported Field Marshal Von der Goltz- engaged In the operations in Asiatic Turkey. Before the fall of Erzerum he was said to be bottled up in that Turkish stronghold with 80,000 Turks. |