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(Untitled), 14 Oct 1914 - 17 Oct 1914

 Item
Reference Code: GBR/0014/CHAR 13/38/17-18

Scope and Contents

Telegram from [Rear-Admiral Herbert King-Hall], Commander-in-Chief, Cape Station [South Africa], to Admiralty, requesting guns and ammunition for the defence of Walfisch Bay [German South-West Africa, later Namibia] and Delagoa Bay [Portuguese South-East Africa, later Maputo Bay, Mozambique]. Includes comments by WSC, the 1st Sea Lord [Prince Louis of Battenberg, later 1st Lord Milford Haven] and Chief of Staff [Vice-Admiral Sir (Frederick) Doveton Sturdee] concluding that the matter was not urgent. [Carbon].

Dates

  • Creation: 14 Oct 1914 - 17 Oct 1914

Conditions Governing Access

Open

Conditions Governing Use

Copyright: Crown copyright

Extent

2 folio(s)

Language of Materials

English

Repository Details

Part of the Churchill Archives Centre Repository

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