Japanese navy intended to keep large scale manoeuvres according to the Dutch newspaper Algemeen Handelsblad dated 24 July 1908

An item reported that Japan intended to keep naval manoeuvres in the Chinese Sea and the area between Formosa and Kioesioe. The manoeuvres were to be attended by totally were 11 battleships, 13 armoured cruisers, 10 protected cruisers, 7 small cruisers, 5 ships of another kind, 119 torpedo boats, destroyers and gunboats and 7 submarines.