Listing continued from ADM 137/15/1. Folios 80-85: (paper M 03094/15). Folios 82-83:...

Listing continued from ADM 137/15/1.

Folios 80-85: (paper M 03094/15).

Folios 82-83: Letter dated 25 March 1914 by Captain Judge D'Arcy, HMS Dartmouth, commendation of Sub-Lieutenant Fitzroy Evelyn Patrick Hutton for valuable services in the blocking of the Rufigi River operations. Mentions SS Duplex and her commander Lieutenant Triggs who was severely wounded.

Folios 86-98: (paper M 01209/15).

Folios 89-91: HMS Chatham report of proceedings off the Rufigi River from 12 to 29 November 1914.

Folios 93-96: HMS Chatham report of proceedings off the Rufigi River from 8 to 20 December 1914.

Folio 97: Movements of HMS Chatham from 20 December 1914 to 2 January 1915.

Folios 99-107: (paper M 0702/15).

Folios 102-105: HMS Chatham report of proceedings off the Rufigi River from 26 November to 8 December 1914, with a plan of the Rufigi Delta showing the position of the Konigsberg as last observed on 4 December 1914, (folio 105). Folio 106: Comments by Sir Henry Bradwardine Jackson with regards the difficulties of reaching the Konigsberg.

Folios 108-115: (paper M 0699/15).

Folios 110-111: Report dated 11 December 1914 by Captain Denis Burke Crampton, HMS Kinfauns Castle, off the Rufigi River, to Captain Sidney Robert Drury Lowe, HMS Chatham, Senior Naval Officer in charge of the Konigsberg operations, on the loss of Acting Flight Sub-Lieutenant Herbert Dennis Cutler and the recovery of his seaplane. Recommends Arthur Noel Gallehawk, probationary Midshipman, Royal Naval Reserve; Sub Lieutenant Clement James Charlewood, Royal Naval Reserve; Darcy William Laker, Signalman, Royal Naval Volunteer Reserve, 3rd Sussex Division, of HMS Kinfauns Castle for favourable notice. Folio 112: Letter number 174 dated 12 December 1914 by Captain Sidney Robert Drury Lowe, HMS Chatham regarding the loss of Acting Flight Sub-Lieutenant Herbert Dennis Cutler. Folio 113: Plan of Rufigi Delta illustrating the course of Acting Flight Sub-Lieutenant Herbert Dennis Cutler’s seaplane.

Folios 116-123: (paper M 0699/15).

Folios 118-120: Report dated 27 December 1914 by Captain Francis Wade Caulfeild, Senior Naval Officer East Coast of Africa, HMS Fox off Rufigi Delta, regarding the attack on Ssimba Uranga mouth entrance by HM ships Duplex and Adjutant. Mentions Lieutenant-Commander Waldemar Bernard Wilkinson of HMS Kinfauns Castle as in charge of the operation and Sub-Lieutenant William Price, Royal Naval Reserve commanded HMS Adjutant.

Folio 121: Plan showing attack on Ssimba Uranga entrance on 23 December 1914 by HM armed vessels Adjutant and Duplex.

Folio 122: Colour tracing from German Chart to illustrate reconnaissance carried out on 23 December 1914 on the Rufigi Delta.

Folios 124-134: (paper M 01210/15).

Folios 126-132: Letter dated 5 January 1915 by Captain Sidney Robert Drury Lowe, HMS Chatham at sea, with an appreciation of the situation with regard to the Konigsberg operations on 29 December 1914. Colour plan of the Rufigi River, (folio 132).

Folio 133: Comments by Sir Henry Bradwardine Jackson concerning Captain Sidney Robert Drury Lowe’s appreciation and advises no action necessary.

Folios 136-145: Extracts from a letter dated 24 December 1914 by Midshipman Murray of HMS Chatham to his father regarding the operations of the 23 December 1914 on the Ssimba Uranga entrance.

Folios 147-167: (paper M 0884/15).

Folios 148-151: Printed despatches dated 1 December 1914 by Major General A E Aitken, Commanding Indian Expeditionary Force ‘B’, Mombasa, to the Secretary, War Office, London regarding the operations at Tanga with 6 sketch plans with remarks on certain points, (folio 152), forwarded by the War Office to Sir Henry Bradwardine Jackson. Folios 154-158: notes on Aitken’s despatches (see folios 148-151) by the Military Secretary, E G Barrow, dated 29 January 1915.

Folios 159-160: Notes on Major General Aitken’s report of the attack on Tanga. Folio 161: terms of truce made between HMS Pegasus and Tanga on 17 August 1914. Folio 162: Terms of truce granted by Captains of HM ships. Folio 163: Copies of telegrams concerning the truce. Folios 165-167: Notes on General Aitken’s report from a naval point of view dated 1 December 1914 by Sir Henry Bradwardine Jackson.

Folios 168-183: (paper M 04840/14).

Folios 170-177: Letter number 90, dated 9 November 1914, by Captain Francis Wade Caulfeild, Senior Naval Officer East Coast of Africa, HMS Fox at sea consisting of a chronological report of the proceedings in connection with the landing, re-embarkation and conveyance to Mombasa of force ‘B’ between 2 and 8 November 1914. Folio 178: Letter dated 7 November 1914 by S H Sheppard, Lieutenant –Colonel, Senior General Staff Officer, Indian Expeditionary Force ‘B’ to Captain Francis Wade Caulfeild, Senior Naval Officer East Coast of Africa, HMS Fox, expressing is high appreciation of the services rendered during the recent operations at Tanga.

Folios 179-181: Naval orders with a plan, (folio 181), regarding the embarkation of Force ‘B’ from Tanga on 5 November 1914 given on 4 November 1914 by Captain Francis Wade Caulfeild, Senior Naval Officer East Coast of Africa, HMS Fox. Folio 182: Sir Henry Bradwardine Jackson’s views on the failure of the operation, dated 23 December 1914.

Folio 185: extract from the ‘Wilhelmshavener Tageblatt’ dated 19 January 1915 concerning the Governor of German East Africa’s official report on the action at Tanga, the success of which ‘was far more important than the English reports have admitted’.

Listing continued in ADM 137/15/3.