[56]. Only those ships of the Japanese Navy who took part in the operations are included.
[57]. Encounter went instead of Melbourne.
[58]. They went without escort and without mishap.
[59]. Admiral Scheer, p. 52.
[60]. See also Appendix.
[61]. Dupont, ‘Haut Commandment Allemand en 1914,’ p. 92.
[62]. The Naval torpedo school centre.
[63]. The first design of the Tank made at my request by Admiral Bacon in September, 1914, carried a bridge in front which it dropped on arriving at a trench, passed over, and automatically raised behind it.
[64]. An officer of the General Staff who had been attached, at my request in 1913, to the Admiralty War Staff in order to promote an effective liaison between the two staffs. This very gifted officer rendered us invaluable service. He died prematurely after the hardships of the war, throughout the whole of which he served with distinction in situations of responsibility and danger.
[65]. Mr. Thomas Gibson Bowles.