[86]. Here the reader should certainly look at the map facing page 476, which deals directly with this situation.
[87]. All the above telegrams had to be sent by various routes and most were repeated by several routes, as of course we could not communicate direct across these great distances. But I omit the procedure to simplify the account.
[88]. See opposite page 474.
[89]. Only Dreadnoughts had tripods.
[90]. The Grand Fleet, by Sir John Jellicoe, p. 31.
[91]. See Appendix D., p. 566.
[92]. I was in France for thirty-six hours.—W. S. C.
[93]. Battle cruiser.
[94]. Appendix E.
[95]. Two had had to be removed from each of the five ‘Queen Elizabeths,’ owing to spray interference.