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

Scope and Contents Telegram from Sir Francis Bertie [British Ambassador to France], on a meeting between Paul Cambon [French Ambassador to Britain] and the French Minister of War, in which Cambon passed on a message about the importance that the British attached to the transfer of British troops to the extreme left of the Allied line. Bertie also reports on the view of General Joseph Joffre [Chief of French General Staff] on such a move, and Joffre's lack of confidence in British support, particularly from [?...

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

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

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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].

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

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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].

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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].

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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].

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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].

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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].

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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].

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Telegram from WSC, First Lord of the Admiralty, to the General Officer Commanding, Dunkirk Force [Major- General Archibald Paris, Royal Naval Division], on the military situation in and around Antwerp [Belgium]. [Carbon].

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Telegram from Major-General Archibald Paris [Royal Naval Division] (Dunkirk [France]), to Admiralty, stating that French forces had withdrawn from Tournai towards Orchies; also warning that the position of the battalion at Lille was unsound, and proposing to withdraw it to Cassel. [Carbon].

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Telegram from WSC, First Lord of the Admiralty, to Major Eugene Gerrard, [Royal Naval Air Service], ordering him to concentrate his efforts on spotting the fall of shot for British naval guns at Antwerp [Belgium], to help knock out enemy siege artillery. Copied to Commander Charles Samson [Royal Naval Air Service]. [Carbon].

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Telegram from the Director of Intelligence [Rear-Admiral Henry Oliver], Admiralty, to Major-General Archibald Paris [Royal Naval Division] (Dunkirk [France]), reporting a statement by the Belgian Minister of War, that the Germans were taking the siege of Antwerp [Belgium] seriously, and it was not intended as a diversion. Also reporting on German troop movements. [Carbon].

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Telegram from Major-General Archibald Paris [Royal Naval Division], to WSC, First Lord of the Admiralty, stating that the battalion at Lille [France] was fairly secure, and had orders to retire on Cassel if the French were to evacuate Lille, and proposing to keep his main force in Cassel for the present. [Carbon].

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Telegram from Rear-Admiral Horace Hood to Admiralty, on his naval operations to support the Army in Belgium, including problems with French mines, and his need for HMS Revenge to help knock out the German guns on the coast. [Carbon].

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Letter from Field Marshal 1st Lord Kitchener, Secretary of State for War, to WSC, [First Lord of the Admiralty], on WSC's plans for east coast defence, and for moving ships to Ostend [Belgium]. Kitchener also comments on the state of his own troops, adding that it might be better to delay destroying [the harbour] at Ostend, as it could be needed for sending reinforcements. Also includes hand-written note by WSC about circulation.

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Letter from WSC to Herbert Asquith, Prime Minister [later 1st Lord Oxford and Asquith], on the need for special mechanical devices (including tanks) for taking trenches. [carbon].

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Draft telegram from WSC, First Lord of the Admiralty to the Commander-in-Chief, Home Fleet, [Admiral Sir John Jellicoe], on bad military news from France, asking Jellicoe to consider the possibility of Germany controlling Calais and the French coasts. [Hand-written copy, initialled by WSC].

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Letter from Rear-Admiral Horace Hood to WSC [First Lord of the Admiralty], giving his views on the Ostend and Zeebrugge [Belgium] expeditions, particularly on the position at Nieuport, and also on Hood's wish to return to the Dover Patrol.

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Letter from Rear-Admiral Horace Hood (Hotel Crusader, Nieuport [Belgium]) to WSC [First Lord of the Admiralty], on the naval and military situation in France and Belgium, including: the use of Hood's ships at Nieuport; the placing of German guns along the shore; Hood's mining of the coastal waters; the chances of a Belgian advance; relations between the French and Belgians.

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Letter from Commander Charles Samson [Naval Air Service] to WSC [First Lord of the Admiralty], reporting on the occupation of Lille [France] by a British and French force, following the withdrawal of German forces. [Typescript copy].

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Letter from Lieutenant-Colonel Alfred Ollivant [General Staff Officer, Admiralty], to Colonel Macdonagh (War Office), on the formation of a Naval Motor Force at Dunkirk [France], and keeping in communication with the army. Also includes notes on the organisation of the Motor Force. [Carbon].