Telegram from Vice-Admiral Sackville Carden to Admiralty, reporting that a gale had prevented any operations in the Dardanelles that day. Reporting that he felt that old battleships could not approach and engage coastal batteries at close range with secondary armament under cover of fire from supporting ships, with covering note by WSC , stating that a fair copy of the telegram should be circulated to the Prime Minister, Foreign Secretary and Secretary of State for War [typescript copy].