Submit the hearty congratulation of the Grand Fleet on his victory may be conveyed to Admiral Sturdee.
Messages exchanged between H.E. the Governor of the Falkland Islands and C.-in-C. South Atlantic and Pacific:
Governor to Vice-Admiral:
11th December, 1914.
Warmest congratulations from self and Colony on your Victory.
Vice-Admiral to Governor:
May I thank you and the Colony for myself, the R.A., Captains, Officers and men of the Squadron for your congratulations on our success, which will not be complete until Dresden is accounted for. We wish to convey our thanks for the early warning of the approach of the enemy due to the good lookout from Sapper's Hill.
We feel the honour that the Canopus and the Squadron were in a position to prevent an old British Colony from being insulted or injured in any way, and hope that the enemy will have been taught a lesson not to repeat such action against any other part of the British Empire.