FOOTNOTES:
[1] At the outbreak of war: Prime Minister and Secretary for War (see Aug. 5), Mr. Asquith; Foreign Secretary, Sir E. Grey; First Lord of the Admiralty, Mr. Churchill; Chancellor of the Exchequer, Mr. Lloyd George; Secretary for India, Marquis of Crewe (see May 26, 1915).
[2] Launched 1896. The new Recruit (launched Dec. 1916) was sunk on Aug. 9, 1917.
[3] The following were the British vessels lost in this action:—
Battle Cruisers—
Indefatigable
Invincible
Queen Mary
Cruisers—
Black Prince
Defence
Warrior
Flotilla leader—
Tipperary
Destroyers—
Ardent
Fortune
Nestor
Nomad
Shark
Sparrowhawk
Turbulent
The larger German vessels known to have been sunk were the following:—
Lutzow, Pommern, Frauenlob, Wiesbaden, Elbing, Rostock.
[4] In the copy of this Austro-Hungarian note communicated by Count Szecsen, Austro-Hungarian Ambassador at Paris, to the French Foreign Office, the hour named for the reply is 5 o'clock, and the following explanation is appended in the French Yellow-book (Y. 24):
'The Austro-Hungarian Ambassador, in a private letter on the 24th July, sent to the Minister for Foreign Affairs the following correction:
'"In the copy of the despatch which I had the honour to send to your Excellency this morning, it was said that my Government expected an answer from the Cabinet at Belgrade at latest by 5 o'clock on the evening of Saturday the 25th of this month. As our Minister at Belgrade did not deliver his note yesterday until 6 o'clock in the evening, the time allowed for the answer has in consequence been prolonged to 6 o'clock to-morrow, Saturday evening.
'"I consider it my duty to inform your Excellency of this slight alteration in the termination of the period fixed for the answer of the Serbian Government."'
[5] Old style.
[6] The Serbian Parliament.
[7] New style.
[8] New style.
[9] The Serbian Parliament.
[10] Old style.
[11] The words in brackets occur in the original. It must be supposed that two variations had been prepared in advance, and that, by mistake, they were both inserted in the Note.
[12] See note at top of p. [307.]