Correspondence of Georges Remond

Abstract
Many books have published in several languages over the last hundred years dealing with the Turco-Italian war. Contemporary accounts are fewer, especially those dealing with the Turkish and Arab defender of Libya. There are also brief memoirs written by other Ottoman officer who took part in the defence of Libya. An important contemporary source is the collection of periodical reports sent by Georges Remond, a war correspondent for the French Magazine L’ Illustration. This article aim at presenting Remond’s experiences in Libya concerning on his meetings with well-known Turkish military officers of the time who had arrived from all over the Ottoman Empire to defend the last Ottoman territory in Africa along with the local Senussi chieftains and volunteers.Read More →