 Transported by rail 8,942 men reached Dalian, on the Korea Bay of the Peninsula and embarked on French naval vessels (including the "French cruisers Latouche-Tréville" and "Himalaya").The 1st Brigade reached Marseille on April 16, 1916.On July 1916, the 2nd Special Infantry Brigade (), commanded by General Mikhail Dieterichs (), was sent via France to the front in Saloniki.