Folios 176-257: 8-14 October 1916 (paper M 09828/16), N 1808. Folios 177-185: Covering...

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1916

Folios 176-257: 8-14 October 1916 (paper M 09828/16), N 1808.

Folios 177-185: Covering letter and report of operations, number 1839/120 E, comprising: disposition of battleships, 1st detached Squadron (Crete and Anatolian Coast between Samos and Rhodes), 2nd Detached Squadron (Dardanelles area), 3rd Detached Squadron (Salonika area), 4th Detached Squadron (Smyrna, Khios and Samos area), 5th Detached Squadron (Doro-Salonika transport route), 6th Detached Squadron (Bulgarian coast) and general remarks. Mention of Lieutenant William W Thomas RNR and Able Seaman Irvine Guy South African RNVR and Flight Sub-Lieutenant Kincape (all at folio 180) and Flight Sub-Lieutenant Millard (folio 182) by by Cecil Fiennes Thursby, Vice Admiral, HMS Lord Nelson, dated 26 October 1916.

Folios 186-190: Enclosure No 1, number CP 7, dated 18 October 1916, by Francis Clifton Brown, Senior Officer 1st Detached Squadron, HMS Edgar, patrol of 'G' area and the transport routes, noting arrest of Mr Calocherino late British Vice-Consul at Candia with handwritten report of the arrest by Commander G. O. Stephenson, HMT 344, dated 11 October 1916.

Folios 191-207: Enclosure No 2, number SO/22, dated 15 October 1916, by Arthur Kenneth Macrorie, Senior Officer 2nd Detached Squadron, HMS Theseus, (folios 191-192) ; including RNAS 'C' Squadron reports, by R Forbes-Bentley, Sub Lieutenant, RNVR, Intelligence Officer, dated 8, 9, 10, 11, 12, 13, 14 October 1916, (folios 193-200) ; reports of proceedings, number 41/20, dated 16 October 1916, by Cecil Minet Staveley, Senior Naval Officer, Salonika, HMS Endymion, (folios 201-204) ; report on the salvage of SS Norseman, dated 14 October 1916, by William G Fitzgerald, (folios 205-206) ; Note (in French) by Victor Kahl dated 12 Oct 1916 to Staveley, (folio 207) ; communication to Staveley by Captain A Belleni, of the ship Piemonte, dated 9 October 1916, thanking him for assistance provided in the refloating of the Italian fishing boat Vincenzina off the shoals at the mouth of the Vardar by the zeal and ability of the British TB 30 and drifters on patrol.

Folios 209-216: Enclosure No 4, number 25/8, dated 15 October 1916, by Frank Larken, Senior Officer 4th Detached Squadron, HMS Doris at Port Iere, (folios 209-213), including report by Bertram Drake, Lieutenant Commander, RNR, dated 14 October 1916, (folio 214), mention of Lieutenant William Watkin Thomas RNR and Able Seaman Irvine Guy, South African, RNVR, (folios 212 and 214).

Folios 215-216: Enclosure No 5, number B 15, dated 18 October 1916, reports of proceedings by Archibald Cochrane, Senior Officer, 5th Detached Squadron, HMS Skirmisher.

Folios 217-220: Enclosure No 6, number ST/1/42, dated 15 October 1916, reports of proceedings by Henry Edgar Grace, Senior Officer 6th Detached Squadron, HMS Grafton; disposition of Sixth Detached Squadron, (folio 220).

Folios 221-226: Enclosure No 7, operation report dated 14 October 1916 by H J Tweedie, Captain, Sir Thomas Picton, and HMS Monitor's M28, 32, 19, 20, 28.

Folios 227-228: Enclosure No 8, number 55 F, dated 20 October 1916, letter of proceedings at Salamis by Arthur Hayes-Sadler, Rear Admiral, HMS Duncan.

Folios 229-231: Enclosure No 9, number 25/1/16, dated 18 October 1916, weekly summary of operations by Captain Charles Penrose Rushton Coode, Senior Officer, 5th Detached Squadron, HMS Blenheim.

Folios 232-253: Enclosure No 10, number 3606/1016, RNAS weekly operational and intelligence reports. For operations in Southern Bulgaria and on the Struma front, operations in Turkey, details of state and disposition of machines, intelligence reports on Dardanelles, Bulgaria and Greece and Smyrna with sketch map of Dedeagatch, (folio 249) ; Bodoma junction (folio 250) ; and marked up map of Lake Tahinos-Pravista, (folio 251).

Folio 254: Admiralty notes on foregoing report and enclosures.

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