Telegram from WSC, First Lord of the Admiralty to Commander-in-Chief, Home Fleets [Admiral Sir John Jellicoe], on the Admiralty's desire to defend Dunkirk, Calais and Boulogne [France] as long as possible. [Carbon].

Telegram from WSC, First Lord of the Admiralty to Commander-in-Chief, Home Fleets [Admiral Sir John Jellicoe], on bad military news from France, asking him to consider the possibility of Germany controlling Calais and the French coasts. [Carbon].

Telegram from WSC, First Lord of the Admiralty to Commander-in-Chief, Home Fleets [Admiral Sir John Jellicoe], on military news from France, reporting that the general impression was more favourable. [Carbon].

Telegram from Admiralty to Commander-in-Chief, Home Fleets [Admiral Sir John Jellicoe], on the decision to send the Naval Division to defend Ostend [Belgium]. Initialled by Vice-Admiral Sir [Frederick] Doveton Sturdee [Chief of Staff]. [Carbon].

Telegram from the Ministry of Marine, Paris [France] to Admiralty, on the transport of 16,000 Belgian troops from Le Havre to Ostend [Belgium]. Includes replies from Vice-Admiral Sir (Frederick]) Doveton Sturdee [Chief of Staff, Admiralty], Prince Louis of Battenberg [1st Sea Lord, later 1st Lord Milford Haven] and WSC. [Carbon].

Minute from WSC [First Lord of the Admiralty] to the Secretary, [Sir (William) Graham Greene], 1st Sea Lord [Prince Louis of Battenberg, later 1st Lord Milford Haven] and Chief of Staff, Admiralty [Vice-Admiral Sir (Frederick) Doveton Sturdee] on the deployment of the Marine Brigade in Ostend [Belgium]. [Carbon].

Minute from WSC [First Lord of the Admiralty] to the Secretary, Admiralty [Sir (William) Graham Greene], with orders for Colonel Sir George Aston, Royal Marine Brigade, ordering him to occupy and fortify Ostend [Belgium], to create a diversion favourable to the Belgians advancing from Antwerp, and to threaten the western flank of the German southward advance; also giving him the temporary rank of Brigadier-General. [Carbon].

Report from H W Wilson, correspondent for the Daily Mail, on the situation in Ostend [Belgium], following the removal of the garrison to Antwerp. [Carbon].

Telegram from Major-General Archibald Paris [General Officer Commanding Royal Naval Division] to WSC, First Lord of the Admiralty, on the defence of Antwerp [Belgium], including blocking the River Schelde. [Carbon].

Telegram from Admiralty to Major-General Archibald Paris [General Officer Commanding Royal Naval Division], on the defence of Antwerp [Belgium], ordering him to hold his position against artillery attacks. [Carbon].

Telegram from Rear-Admiral Horace Hood to Admiralty, on his bombardment of the Belgian coast in support of the Belgian Army. [Carbon].

Telegram from [Rear-Admiral Horace Hood] to Admiralty, on his bombardment of the Belgian coast in support of the Belgian Army, asking for a gunboat or scout, with at least 500 rounds of ammunition per gun. [Carbon].

Telegram from Calais [France] to Admiralty, reporting that there were 3000 wounded in the town, and that the state of affairs was "deplorable owing to total collapse of organisation"; also stating that 3000 more wounded were expected from the front. [Carbon].

Telegram from Rear-Admiral Horace Hood, to Admiralty, reporting on his support of the Army in Belgium. [Carbon].

Telegram from Rear-Admiral Horace Hood to the Duty Captain, Admiralty, on his operations to support the Army in Belgium. [Carbon].

Telegram from the Admiralty to the French Ministry of Marine, Bordeaux [France], on plans to maintain aerial command of the area around Dunkirk. [Carbon].

Telegram from Admiralty to Major-General Sir George Aston, [Royal Naval Division] (Dunkirk [France]), reporting large enemy cavalry forces within 60 miles, and urging caution in using British Yeomanry cavalry as they were deficient in equipment. [Carbon].

Telegram from Lieutenant-Colonel Alfred Ollivant [General Staff Officer, Royal Naval Division] (Dunkirk [France]), to Admiralty, on a planned move on Douai. [Carbon].

Telegram from Major-General Sir George Aston, [Royal Naval Division], (Dunkirk [France]), to WSC, First Lord of the Admiralty, reporting his interview with the Governor of Dunkirk [Charles Bidon], on the employment of the Division at Douai. [Carbon].

Telegram from Admiralty to Major-General Sir George Aston, [Royal Naval Division], passing on information from the Belgian Minister of War on German aims to lay floating mines off the Netherlands, German artillery emplacements near Brussels [Belgium], and the state of railway bridges in the area. [Carbon].

Telegram from WSC to Major-General Sir George Aston, [Royal Naval Division], on his forthcoming visit to Dunkirk [France], efforts to improve supplies to the Division, and warning of large enemy forces in northern Belgium. [Carbon].

Telegram from Major-General Sir George Aston [Royal Naval Division], (Dunkirk [France]), to WSC, First Lord of the Admiralty, on a request from French Headquarters for Commander Charles Samson [Naval Air Service] with five armoured cars to destroy railway bridges between Cambrai and Valenciennes. [Carbon].

Telegram from Major-General Sir George Aston [Royal Naval Division], (Dunkirk [France]) to WSC, First Lord of the Admiralty, on a request from French Territorial Forces at Douai for cavalry support. [Carbon].

Telegram from WSC, First Lord of the Admiralty, to Major-General General Sir George Aston [Royal Naval Division], placing him on the sick list, and ordering him home to London for a rest before resuming his duties. Aston is ordered to hand over command to Major-General Archibald Paris, and the movements of the division and intelligence and organisational systems are detailed. [Carbon].