Telegram from Admiralty to the French Ministry of Marine, Bordeaux [France], on the small chance of the [German battle cruiser] Goeben entering the Mediterranean, and also the need to recall British battle cruisers from the Dardanelles to home waters, therefore proposing to hand over the blockade of German and Turkish forces in the Dardanelles to the French Fleet. [Carbon].

Telegram from [Vice-Admiral Sackville Carden] to Admiralty, reporting the success of Submarine B11, captained by Lieutenant Norman Holbrook, in torpedoing the Turkish battleship Messudiyeh in the Dardanelles [Turkey]. [Carbon] [Holbrook was awarded the Victoria Cross for this action].

Telegram from Admiral Superintendent, Malta [Admiral Arthur Limpus] to the Admiralty, reporting on the defences of Constantinople [later Istanbul], and the Turkish forces. [Carbon].

Minute by Admiral Sir Henry Jackson, "Remarks on Escorts in the Indian Ocean" as reported to the Commander-in-Chief, East Indies [Vice-Admiral Sir Richard Peirse]. [Carbon].

Telegram from Admiralty to [Rear-Admiral Herbert King-Hall], Commander-in-Chief, Cape Station [South Africa], on the defence of ships and bases against possible raids by the [German cruisers] Scharnhorst and Gneisenau. [Carbon].

Telegram from Admiralty to Rear-Admiral John De Robeck, with orders to take command of a new African cruiser squadron to oppose the [German cruisers] Scharnhorst and Gneisenau and 3 German light cruisers, if they should come to West Africa. Initialled by Vice-Admiral Henry Oliver [Chief of Staff], Admiral of the Fleet 1st Lord Fisher [1st Sea Lord] and WSC. [Carbon].

Telegram from the Japanese Admiralty to the Admiralty, on joint action to deal with the [German cruisers] Scharnhorst and Gneisenau. [Carbon].

Telegram from Sir Conyingham Greene [British Ambassador to Japan] to Admiralty, reporting that the Japanese Admiralty approved joint action to deal with the [German cruisers Scharnhorst and Gneisenau]. Includes copies of telegrams between WSC and Vice-Admiral Henry Oliver, Chief of Staff, on a delay in receiving and acting on the report. [Carbon].

Telegram from Admiralty to Japanese Admiralty, on assembling a British and Japanese squadron off Honolulu [Hawaii, United States], and on joint action with the Royal Navy. Includes note of WSC's approval. [Draft].

Telegram from Admiralty to the Commander-in-Chief, Australia [Vice-Admiral Sir George Patey], with orders to rendezvous with a Japanese squadron to deal with the [German cruisers] Scharnhorst and the Gneisenau. Initialled by Vice-Admiral Henry Oliver [Chief of Staff], Admiral of the Fleet 1st Lord Fisher [1st Sea Lord] and WSC. [Carbon].

Telegram from Admiralty to the Australian Navy Board, stating that the Australian Squadron (HMS Australia, HMS Melbourne and HMS Sydney) would be based in Jamaica, where they could take part in the hunt for the [German cruiser] Karlsruhe and be well posted to deal with any fresh German cruisers breaking out of the North Sea. Initialled by WSC, with accompanying telegram from the Australian Navy Board, agreeing with the Admiralty proposal. [Carbon].

Telegram from [Captain Sidney Drury-Lowe], HMS Chatham (Zanzibar [later Tanzania]), to Admiralty, reporting his attack on the [German cruiser] Konigsberg. [Carbon].

Telegram from Admiralty to [Captain Sidney Drury-Lowe], HMS Chatham, with orders for further attacks on the [German cruiser] Konigsberg. Initialled by Vice-Admiral Sir [Frederick] Doveton Sturdee [Chief of Staff], Admiral of the Fleet 1st Lord Fisher [1st Sea Lord] and WSC. [Carbon].

Telegram from WSC, First Lord of the Admiralty to Commander-in-Chief, Home Fleet [Admiral Sir John Jellicoe], on the possibility of attack from the German High Sea Fleet. [Carbon].

Telegram from Admiralty to Commander-in-Chief, Home Fleet [Admiral Sir John Jellicoe] on the destruction of the [German cruisers] Scharnhorst and the Gneisenau, and the possibility of offensive action by the High Sea Fleet in the next three weeks before the return of British squadrons from the South Atlantic. Initialled by WSC. [Carbon].

Telegram from WSC, First Lord of the Admiralty, to Vice-Admiral Sir Cecil Burney, on changes in high command following victory off the Falkland Islands, offering him command of the 1st Battle Squadron, with Vice-Admiral Sir Lewis Bayly succeeding him as Vice-Admiral Commanding Channel Fleet. [Carbon].

Telegram from Vice-Admiral, 2nd Battle Squadron [Sir George Warrender] to Admiralty, reporting on his engagement with German cruisers and destroyers following their raid on Scarborough [Yorkshire], 16 Dec. [Carbon].

Telegram from "Captain D", 4th Destroyer Flotilla to Admiralty, reporting on his engagement with German cruisers and destroyers, 17 Dec. [Carbon].

Telegram from Commander-in-Chief, Home Fleet [Admiral Sir John Jellicoe] to Admiralty, reporting that Scapa Flow [Orkney Islands, Scotland] and other North Sea bases at Switha Sound and Hoxa Sound [Orkney Islands], and Loch Ewe [Ross and Cromarty] could not be used until submarine defences had been placed. Includes WSC's reply authorising Jellicoe to demand whatever materials and labour were required for the construction of defences. [Carbon, with hand-written reply, initialled by WSC].

Telegram from Admiralty to the Commander-in-Chief, Mediterranean Fleet [Admiral Sir (Archibald) Berkeley Milne] on the possibility of the outbreak of war, particularly Milne's first task of helping the French to transport their African army. Initialled by WSC. [Carbon].

Telegram from the Commander-in-Chief, Mediterranean Fleet [Admiral Sir (Archibald) Berkeley Milne] to Admiralty, on the disposition of the Mediterranean fleet on the outbreak of war. [Carbon].

Telegram from Admiralty to All Ships, stating that the War Telegram would be issued at midnight, authorising the commencement of hostilities against Germany. Includes additional note from the 1st Sea Lord [Prince Louis of Battenberg, later 1st Lord Milford Haven] to the Mediterranean Fleet, cancelling the authorisation for HMS Indomitable and HMS Indefatigable to engage the German cruiser Goeben. [Carbon].

Foreign Office memorandum on a warning from Russia on the possibility of the Austrian Fleet attempting to enter the Black Sea with the connivance of Turkey; includes minute in response by the First Lord of the Admiralty [WSC]. [Carbon].

Telegram from Admiralty to Commander-in-Chief, Mediterranean Fleet [Admiral Sir (Archibald) Berkeley Milne] on an agreement with the French government on fleet dispositions in the Mediterranean. Initialled by WSC and Prince Louis of Battenberg [1st Sea Lord, later 1st Lord Milford Haven]. [Carbon].