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Catalogue reference: ADM 137/452/1
This record is about the Folio 1: Cover sheet. Folios 2-3: Table of contents. Folio 4: Historical Section... dating from 1913-1915 in the series Admiralty: Historical Section: Records used for Official History, First World War. It is held at The National Archives, Kew.
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Folio 1: Cover sheet.
Folios 2-3: Table of contents.
Folio 4: Historical Section notes: for paper M 0701/1913: German manoeuvres at Borkum: see papers titled, For: Off: 24 April 1913; for Papers M 0834/1913 and M 01595/1913: Reports by Vice-Consul Emden on defences of Lower Ems etc: see papers titled, For: Off: 20 May 1913.
Folios 5-6: blank.
Report of Rear Admiral Lewis Bayly, CVO, CB, dated 30 June 1913.
Folios 7-8: (paper M 0180/1913) Sir Oswyn Murray, Admiralty. Instructions to Rear Admiral Lewis Bayly, dated 31 January 1913 to"...investigate, prepare and report on the question of seizing a base on the Dutch, German, Danish or Scandinavian Coasts for operations of Flotillas on the outbreak of war with Germany…".
Folio 9: Chief Of Staff, Admiral Sir Henry Jackson submission of Rear Admiral Lewis Bayly interim remarks on the Invasion question and seizure of Advanced Base, dated 17 March 1913 with brief remarks by Jackson.
Folios 10-15: Rear Admiral Lewis Bayly interim remarks, dated 17 March 1913.
Folios 16-17: Rear Admiral Lewis Bayly covering letter to reports, dated 30 June 1913.
Folios 18-120: Rear Admiral Lewis Bayly reports, 30 June 1913.
Folios 18-46: (a) General remarks on overseas expeditions. Remarks on the geographical situation in North Sea and Kattegat. Bases that are suitable for coaling light cruisers, destroyers etc. in neutral countries without an expeditionary force. Includes summaries of lessons of past attacks covering Belleisle, 1761, (folios 23-24); Martinique, 1762 (folios 25-26); Havana, 1762 (folios 27-28); Louisburg, 1757 (folios 29-30); Quebec, 1759 (folios 31-32); Aboukir, 1801 (folios 33-34), conclusions (folio 35); remarks on flat boats (folios 36—37); Ice (North Sea, Holland, Germany, Denmark, Sweden (Kattegat) and Norway (folios 38-39); bases for destroyers to be used for coaling, oiling, or small repairs, neglecting breaches of neutrality until ordered from England (which ought to take some time), No expeditionary force to land, Borns Deep, Holland (folios 41-42), Denmark, Baltic, (folios 43-44); Kungsbacka Fiord, Sweden, (folios 45-46).
Folios 47-74: (b) plan of attack: Borkum, Germany, North Sea. Base for flotillas, to be seized and held by an expeditionary force.
Folios 75-88: (c) plan of attack: Lister Deep, Sylt, Germany, North Sea. Base for flotillas, to be seized and held by an expeditionary force.
Folios 89-113: (d) plan of attack: Esbjerg, Denmark, North Sea. Base for flotillas, to be seized and held by an expeditionary force.
Folios 114-118: (e) General remarks on attacking and establishing bases at Heligoland, Cuxhaven etc. Handwritten notes.
Folio 119: List of charts, plans etc accompanying Admiral Bayly's report, 30 June 1913 (paper M 1010042/1915), separately bound in ADM 137/552).
Folio 120: Note by Chief of Staff, Admiral Sir Henry Jackson.
Folios 121-127: Director of Operations Division (DOD). Remarks on Rear Admiral Lewis Bayly report, dated 10 July 1913.
Folios 128-132: Colonel George Aston. Remarks on Rear Admiral Lewis Bayly’s report, dated 19 November 1913.
Folios 133-135: Remarks on Rear Admiral Lewis Bayly’s report, undated.
Folio 136: blank.
Minutes etc, July 1914 to January 1915 (paper M 010042/1915).
Folio 137: First Lord (Winston Spencer Churchill). Forwarding of Rear Admiral Lewis Bayly’s report to Prime Minister (Herbert Asquith), dated 31 July 1914. Handwritten note marked"most secret".
Folios 138-153: Admiral Sir Henry Jackson to 1st Sea Lord. Paper titled"Borns Deep (Ameland Gat) as a temporary advanced base for a flotilla". (Note: maps etc accompanying paper are bound separately in ADM 137/552).
Folio 154: General Henry Wilson's remarks on Rear Admiral Lewis Bayly’s report, dated 11 August 1914, and General Charles Callwell's remarks on Rear Admiral Lewis Bayly’s report, dated 11 August 1914.
Folios 155-159: Major H Wake. Remarks on Rear Admiral Lewis Bayly’s report, dated 11 August 1914. Report titled"Report on the proposal to occupy certain places as temporary Naval bases for offensive action against Germany".
Listing continued in ADM 137/452/2.
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