100 years ago in Today's The Times (UK) newspaper: 5,000 ARMENIANS RESCUED BY FRENCH CRUISERS

100 years ago in Today's The Times (UK) newspaper:
5,000 ARMENIANS RESCUED BY FRENCH CRUISERS

PARIS, SEPT. 21

   The following official communication is issued by the Ministry of Marine: -
   “Pursued by the Turks, about 5,000 Armenians, nearly 3,000 of whom were women and children or old people, took refuge towards the end of July in the massif of Djebel Moussa, to the north of the Bay of Antioch. There they had succeeded in keeping off their aggressors until the beginning of September, but then their provisions and munitions began to fail and they seemed certain to fall into the hands of the Turks, when they succeeded in signaling to a French cruiser the dangerous position in which they were. The cruisers of the French squadron immediately went to their assistance and succeeded in assuring the escape of the 5,000 Armenians, who were conveyed by our warships to Port Said, where they were heartily welcomed. They have been accommodated in a temporary camp.”
-Reuter.

[From my book "The Times of the Armenian Genocide"]