Minute from WSC [First Lord of the Admiralty] to the 1st Sea Lord [Admiral of the Fleet 1st Lord Fisher], Admiral Sir Arthur Wilson, and the Chief of Staff, Admiralty [Vice-Admiral Henry Oliver] on his anxiety about German submarines in the English Channel: WSC asks them to prepare plans for the bombardment of Zeebrugge and Ostende [Belgium] as soon as possible. [Typescript copy on Colonial Office notepaper].