Western Front (1914-1918)
Found in 325 Collections and/or Records:
(Untitled), 26 Dec 1914
Telegram from Field Marshal Sir John French [Chief of Imperial General Staff, later 1st Lord Ypres] to Field Marshal 1st Lord Kitchener [Secretary of State for War], stating that the advance along the Belgian coast from Nieuport was not as fast as hoped, and asking for surprise bombardment by monitor and big gun ships. [Typescript copy].
(Untitled), 02 Sep 1914
(Untitled), 20 Sep 1914
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].
(Untitled), 20 Sep 1914
Telegram from Lieutenant-Colonel Alfred Ollivant [General Staff Officer, Admiralty], (Dunkirk [France]) to Admiralty, on the position of the Royal Naval Division. [Carbon].
(Untitled), 20 Sep 1914
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. [Carbon].
(Untitled), 21 Sep 1914
Telegram from Admiralty to Major-General Sir George Aston, [Royal Naval Division] on the defence of Antwerp [Belgium] and Dunkirk [France]. [Carbon].
(Untitled), 24 Sep 1914
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].
(Untitled), 29 Sep 1914
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, handing over command to Major-General Archibald Paris. Further temporary command changes are detailed. [Carbon].
(Untitled), 02 Sep 1914
(Untitled), 03 Oct 1914
Telegram from Admiralty to Major-General Archibald Paris [General Officer Commanding, Royal Naval Division] ordering him to bring back his battalion from Lille [France], and concentrate his brigade, and to be ready to move to Antwerp [Belgium] during the morning. The telegram states that the First Lord of the Admiralty [WSC] would arrive at Dunkirk at 0500 hours. [Carbon].
(Untitled), 08 Oct 1914
Telegram from Major-General Archibald Paris [General Officer Commanding, Royal Naval Division] to WSC, First Lord of the Admiralty, on the military situation in Antwerp [Belgium]. [Carbon].
(Untitled), 08 Oct 1914
Telegram from Admiralty to Major-General Archibald Paris, [General Officer Commanding, Royal Naval Division] on the defence of Antwerp [Belgium]. [Carbon].
(Untitled), 24 Aug 1914
Telegram from Admiralty to Commander-in-Chief, Home Fleets [Admiral Sir John Jellicoe], sending the text of a telegram from Field Marshal Sir John French [Commander- in-Chief, British Expeditionary Force, later 1st Lord Ypres] to the War Office, on the retreat from Mons [France]. [Carbon].
(Untitled), 24 Aug 1914
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].
(Untitled), 24 Aug 1914
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].
(Untitled), 25 Aug 1914
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].
(Untitled), 26 Aug 1914
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].
(Untitled), 28 Aug 1914
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].
(Untitled), 22 Nov 1914
Telegram from Rear-Admiral Horace Hood to the Duty Captain, Admiralty, on his operations to support the Army in Belgium. [Carbon].
(Untitled), 06 Sep 1914
Telegram from the Admiralty to the French Ministry of Marine, Bordeaux [France], on plans to maintain aerial command of the area around Dunkirk. [Carbon].
(Untitled), 26 Dec 1914
(Untitled), 1914
Map of the Western Front, with forts and defences marked: scale 1:70,000.
(Untitled), 1914
Map of the area surrounding Antwerp [Belgium], showing Allied defences, scale 1:40,000.
(Untitled), 14 Nov 1914
(Untitled), 15 Nov 1914
Telegram from WSC, First Lord of the Admiralty, to Field Marshal Sir John French [Commander-in-Chief, British Expeditionary Force, later 1st Lord Ypres] on air attacks on German Zeppelin bases. WSC states that all naval aircraft and armoured cars would be withdrawn to Dunkirk [France], "so as to keep quite clear of the British Army and its communications", but would remain there for the present. [Hand-written copy, unsigned].