Folio 396; History Section Precis. M 01512/14. c&d: letter I.O. [India Office]to...

ADM 137/11/8

1914

Folio 396; History Section Precis. M 01512/14. c&d: letter I.O. [India Office]to W.O.[War Office] 22nd August 1914.will consent to 3 battalions being withdrawn from India provided battalions from Tientsin, Hong Kong and Singapore can reach India within one month. M 01512/14. f: Sir HBJ [Admiral Sir Henry Jackson] 24th August 1914. Arrival of troops from Far East cannot be guaranteed if naval escort is reckoned on. M 01512/14. C.O.S. [Chief of War Staff Admiralty, Vice Admiral Sir FCD Sturdee].possibility of escort will be considered when dates are more definite. M 01512/14. g: 1st S.L.[Prince Louis of Battenberg] 25th August 1914, cannot this be done with assistance of Japanese? They could join Australian forces at Colombo. M 01512/14. h: letter from Admiralty to India Office, 25th August 1914. Please supply approximate dates when battalions from Far East could leave for India. Folio 398: Telegram from Hong Kong to Admiralty 26th August 1914.HMS Cadmus arrived. Folio 400: Telegram from Paris, Marine to Admiralty 26th August 1914.please pass to [French cruiser] Montcalm,”Not wanted in China on account of Anglo-Japanese alliance. Remain with Admiral Australia”. Folio 402: History Section Precis. M 6727/14. d&e: letter from Consul General Shanghai to HM Minister Peking 26th August 1914.reporting inefficient action of Chinese authorities in interning German gunboats Otter and Vaterland. M 6727/14. g: telegram from Minister Peking to Foreign Office 8th October 1914. both ships have been interned and W/T dismantled. M 6727/14. Folio 404: Telegram to Senior Naval Officers Singapore, Malta, Halifax 27th August 1914.Blue ensign is not to be used by merchant vessels except under special authority. Folio 405: Telegram from Intelligence Officer, Singapore to Admiralty 27th August 1914.last night [German gunboat]Geier was reported definitely SE of Madura Island (Java Sea), [German cruiser] Gneisenau heard from [by] W/T station at Cocos or Keeling Island. All Australia to Singapore trade routes stopped. Handwritten note signed HBJ [Admiral Sir Henry Jackson] speculating on the objective of [German cruiser]Gneisenau. Folio 406: Telegram from Commodore to Admiralty 27th August 1914.[French cruiser]Dupleix arrived today. Folio 407: Telegram from Commonwealth Naval Board, Melbourne to Admiralty 27th August 1914. estimated from wireless signals [German cruisers] Scharnhorst and Gneisenau disappeared North East, [German gunboat] Geier now off North-West end of New Guinea, ? [German gunboat] Jaguar off south coast Java. Stolberg in Banda Sea. Luneberg, Ulm, Wismar near Java. HB Jackson [Admiral Sir Henry Jackson]. Judge [German cruiser]Gneisenau is south of Java with [German gunboat] Geier as wireless link to Dutch East Indies, objective Australian trade to Colombo or exoedition to New Guinea, distance 2,000 miles. No record of these [German merchant] vessels Stolberg, Luneberg,Ulm, Wismar]being armed.

Folio 408: Telegram from Manila to Admiralty 27th August 1914.German ship Princess Alice at Cebu. Reported 18 foot hole made by torpedo.

Folio 409: Telegram from Sir C Greene, Tokyo to Foreign Office 27th August 1914.Nagasaki-Shanghai cable restored. Communications with Peking satisfactory. Folio 412: Telegram from Commodore, Hong Kong to Admiralty 28th August 1914. HMS Yarmouth arrived today. Folio 413: Telegram from Chefoo to Admiralty 28th August 1914.[Japanese cruiser]Chitose 9.20am from South with Rear Admiral Kamamur. Left 4pm East. Telegram from Manila to Admiralty 28th August 1914.German ship Machew sailed last night ostensibly for Sourabaya 120 tons of coal. German ship Hoerde 5000 tons of coal on the point of sailing destination not yet known. Folio 415: History Section Precis. M 01539/14. c: telegram from G.G.A. to Colonial Office 24th August 1914.in reply to wireless from China asking whether we had any objection to Japanese warships being employed in Australian waters we replied no objection. We assume Japan will adhere to intention expressed in your telegram of 11th August. M 01539/14. d: C.O.S. [Chief of War Staff, Admiralty Vice Admiral Sturdee] 26th August 1914. we should instruct China to employ British ships south of Singapore as far as possible. M 01539/14. e: 1st S.L. [First Sea Lord, Prince Louis of Battenberg] 27th August 1914, propose to instruct China accordingly. M 01539/14. Folio 418: Telegram from Sir C Greene, Tokyo to Foreign Office 28th August 1914.Japanese Admiralty announces officially blockade of Kiouchau from 9am 27th August [1914]. Folio 419: Telegram from Admiralty to Commander-in-Chief, China 27th August 1914.conveyance required to Calcutta for 2nd Gloucester Regiment from North China, 2nd Duke of Cornwall’s Light Infantry from Hong Kong, 1st King’s Own Yorkshire Light Infantry from Singapore. Telegraph names of transports, dates and proposed escort. M01594/14. Folio 422: Telegram from Chief Censor, War Office to Chief Censor R. 28th August 1914.message intercepted from Governor General, Idenburg, Buitenzorg relating to the movements of German merchantship Linden of German Australian Steamship Company. Folio 424: Telegram from Sir C Greene, Tokyo to Foreign Office 28th August 1914.Japanese Government does not hold large stocks of rifles. They can, however, let French Government have 50,000 of the newest pattern with 20 million cartridges. If French accepts, Japanese suggest they should transact business with French Government direct. Minister for Foreign Affairs adds they have just refused a similar application for arms from the Russian Government. Folio 427: Telegram from Hong Kong to Admiralty 29th August 1914. [French cruiser] Dupleix sailed.[British armed merchant cruiser] Empress of Russia sailed. Commander Cochrane in command. Folio 428: Telegram from Commodore, Hong Kong to Admiralty 29th August 1914. HMS Yarmouth sailed. Folio 429: Telegram from Marine,Paris to Admiralty 29th August 1914.German merchant ship Erde having completed loading of 8,000 tons of coal will leave Manila immediately. Folio 430: Telegram from Intelligence Office, Singapore to Admiralty 29th August 1914.Captain and crew British vessel landed at Sebang ex [German light cruiser]Konigsberg. Have stopped all sailing pending further enquiry. Folio 432: Telegram from Admiralty to Commander-in-Chief, China 29th August 1914. Linden, German collier departed Sourabaya for Probolinggo yesterday. Folio 433: Telegram from Intelligence Officer, Singapore to Admiralty 29th August 1914.German ship Goldenfels arrived Sabang night of 28th August with part of crew of British ship City of Winchester remaining on board German transport Ziethen which is accompanied by [German light cruiser] Konigsberg; latter sank [British ship] City of Winchester in Indian Ocean. [German ship] Goldenfels escorted almost into port by [German light cruiser] Konigsberg. Folio 438: Telegram from Commodore, Hong Kong to Admiralty 30th August 1914. [Japanese cruisers] Chikuma, Ibuki arrived. Folio 439: Telegram from Commander-in-Chief, China, Singapore to Admiralty 30th August 1914. HMS Minotaur, HMS Hampshire arrived. I have obtained possession of a confidential German Naval Publication giving full information as to nature and number of guns in all German coast batteries manned by the Navy: Kiel, Cuxhaven, Heligoland and Estuary of Jade and Weser river. Folio 440: Telegram from Hong Kong to Admiralty 30th August 1914. HMS Cole [?Colne], HMS Jed, HMS Kennet, HMS Welland, HMS Mekong arrived.

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