Telegram from the Commander-in-Chief, China Station [Vice-Admiral Sir (Thomas) Martyn Jerram], to Admiralty, on arrangements for the naval defence of Australia while Australian cruisers were away escorting troop convoys. Includes note of agreement by WSC and message of approval from Prince Louis of Battenberg [1st Sea Lord, later 1st Lord Milford Haven] to Jerram. [Carbon].

Minute by Admiral Sir Henry Jackson on the defence of a New Zealand troop convoy. [Carbon].

Telegram from Admiralty to the Commander-in-Chief, East Indies [Vice-Admiral Sir Richard Peirse], and the Senior Naval Officer, Persian Gulf, ordering them to commence hostilities against Turkey, and detailing the duties of their ships. Initialled by Vice-Admiral Sir [Frederick] Doveton Sturdee [Chief of Staff], WSC and Admiral of the Fleet 1st Lord Fisher [1st Sea Lord]. [Carbon].

Telegram from the Commander-in-Chief, Home Fleet [Admiral Sir John Jellicoe] to Admiralty, on his request for personnel to man the defences of Scapa Flow [Orkney Islands, Scotland], which had been disallowed. Urgently asking for the question to be reconsidered. Includes reply from WSC. [Carbon].

Telegram from the Commander-in-Chief, Home Fleet [Admiral Sir John Jellicoe] to the 1st Sea Lord [Admiral of the Fleet 1st Lord Fisher], on his reasons for objecting to the decision to send HMS Princess Royal [to the United States]. [Carbon].

Telegram from the Commander-in-Chief, Home Fleet [Admiral Sir John Jellicoe] to Admiralty, on the route to be taken by the Channel Fleet if required to join the Grand Fleet, and the delays in such a move. [Carbon].

Telegram from Admiralty to the Commander-in-Chief, Home Fleet [Admiral Sir John Jellicoe], on the size of his forces, ordering him to stop sending ships for refit during the next month, and stating that if he felt the need for reinforcements the eight King Edward class ships of the 3rd Battle Squadron would be transferred to Rosyth [Fife, Scotland]. Initialled by WSC, Admiral of the Fleet 1st Lord Fisher [1st Sea Lord] and Vice-Admiral Henry Oliver [Chief of Staff]. [Carbon].

Telegram from Admiralty to the Commander-in-Chief, Home Fleet [Admiral Sir John Jellicoe], reporting intelligence from a very trustworthy source in Denmark, on indications of a sortie by the German Fleet, or a part of it, with the object of enabling a fleet of fast cruisers to get into the Atlantic. Initialled by Vice-Admiral Henry Oliver [Chief of Staff]. [Carbon].

Telegram from Admiralty to the Commander-in-Chief, Home Fleet [Admiral Sir John Jellicoe], on east coast defence, particularly the strength of the fleet, moving ships to Rosyth [Fife, Scotland], and Jellicoe's freedom to move his forces as required. Initialled by WSC and Admiral of the Fleet 1st Lord Fisher [1st Sea Lord]. [Carbon].

Telegram from the Commander-in-Chief, Home Fleet [Admiral Sir John Jellicoe], to Admiralty on numbers of destroyer flotillas, asking for half a flotilla to be kept with the Dreadnought battle fleet at Scapa Flow [Orkney Islands, Scotland] and Cromarty as a protection against submarines. [Carbon].

Telegram from Admiralty to the French Ministry of Marine, Bordeaux [France], on a new plan of defence for the Straits of Dover which would make it harder for enemy submarines to gain entry. [Carbon].

Telegram from Admiralty to the Commander-in-Chief, Home Fleet [Admiral Sir John Jellicoe], on the desirability of a sweep southward by the Grand Fleet with a combined seaplane operation, as this might bring on an action, with the German fleet being concentrated at Wilhelmshaven [Germany] and their cruisers and battle cruisers active. [Carbon].

Telegram from the Commander-in-Chief, Home Fleet [Admiral Sir John Jellicoe] to Admiralty on sightings of enemy submarines in the Shetland Islands [Scotland], and Grand Fleet operations, particularly Jellicoe's reluctance to base fleet movements on seaplane operations, and the best time and place for such a movement. [Carbon].

Telegram from Admiralty to the Commander-in-Chief, Home Fleet [Admiral Sir John Jellicoe], on the disposition of the First and Third destroyer flotillas. Initialled by Vice-Admiral Henry Oliver [Chief of Staff]. [Carbon].

Telegram from Admiralty to the French Ministry of Marine, (Bordeaux [France]), asking if two French battleships could be spared for service in the Dardanelles, and giving notice of an attack on the Turkish Fleet. [Carbon].

Telegram from Admiralty to various recipients, on lessons to be learnt from the loss of HMS Cressy and HMS Hogue, particularly that if a ship was torpedoed, the disabled ship should be left to her fate, and that other large ships should clear out of the danger area. Initialled by Prince Louis of Battenberg [1st Sea Lord, later 1st Lord Milford Haven] and WSC. [Carbon].

Telegram from 'Commodore T' [Reginald Tyrwhitt] to Admiralty, passing on a report from Lieutenant Cloete of HMS Aboukir on the loss of Aboukir, HMS Hogue and HMS Cressy. [Carbon].

Telegram from Admiralty to the Senior Naval Officer, HMS Indefatigable, authorising him to attack any Turkish ship emerging from the Dardanelles, while taking all precautions to avoid surprise attack by torpedoes of floating mines. Initialled by Vice-Admiral Sir [Frederick] Doveton Sturdee [Chief of Staff] and WSC. [Carbon].

Telegram from the Commander-in-Chief, Home Fleet, [Admiral Sir John Jellicoe] to Admiralty, on the use of minor vessels and larger ships attached to Cruiser Squadrons to stop and examine traffic. [Carbon].

Telegram from the Commander-in-Chief, Home Fleet, [Admiral Sir John Jellicoe] to WSC, First Lord of the Admiralty, commenting on recent German submarine activity: Jellicoe advises retaining superiority in heavy ships, and concentrating on strangling German trade, and details methods of attacking enemy submarines. [Typescript copy].

Telegram from WSC, First Lord of the Admiralty to the Commander-in-Chief, Home Fleet, [Admiral Sir John Jellicoe] on Cabinet pressure to institute a mining campaign in the narrow seas between the Straits of Dover and the Netherlands, in order to provide a barrier against submarines, to strangle ship movement from Rotterdam, and to help protect Antwerp [Belgium]. [Carbon].

Telegram from Admiralty to the Commander-in-Chief, Home Fleet [Admiral Sir John Jellicoe], approving Jellicoe's plan for squadrons to enter or leave a base at night, or at dusk or dawn, as the only safeguard against submarine attacks. Initialled by Vice-Admiral Sir [Frederick] Doveton Sturdee [Chief of Staff]. [Carbon].

Telegram from Admiralty to the Commander-in-Chief, Home Fleet [Admiral Sir John Jellicoe], passing on a report from the Intelligence Officer at St John's, Newfoundland [Canada], that the British Consul-General in New York [United States] had been informed confidentially by Herman Rusder, that a German Cruiser Squadron intended to strike somewhere in the North Atlantic within a few days. Initialled by Vice-Admiral Sir [Frederick] Doveton Sturdee [Chief of Staff]. [Carbon].