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Folio 494: Telegram from Admiralty to Commander-in-Chief, Singapore 8th September 1914. If German armoured cruisers not accounted for by end of month you must escort Australian contingent with HMS Minotaur and HMS Hampshire meeting it near Cocos. [HMAS] Sydney and [HMAS] Melbourne will convoy from Fremantle to Colombo. Folio 495: Telegram from Intelligence Office, Singapore to Admiralty 8th September 1914.Second Officer [SS] City of Winchester arrived at Singapore yesterday reported that [German merchant ship] Goldenfels was not accompanied by an armed vessel of any kind. Folio 496: Telegram from Hong Kong to Admiralty 8th September 1914.[Japanese cruisers]Nisshen, Kasuga arrived. Folio 497: Telegram from Admiralty to Commander-in-Chief, China 8th September 1914.do you know whereabouts of [German cruisers] Scharnhorst and Gneisenau. Folio 498: minute from Admiral Sir Henry Jackson, 8th September 1914 relating to situation and shipping movements in the Pacific as proposed by 1st Sea Lord [Prince Louis of Battenberg]. Folio 499: Telegram from Amoy to Admiralty 9th September 1914. American gunboat Piscataqua and transport Abarenda left Amoy last night for Manila. Folio 501: Telegram from Singapore to Admiralty 9th September 1914. [Japanese cruisers] Ibuki, Chikuma sailed from Singapore for Java Sea. Folio 502: Telegram from Reporting Officer, Penang to Admiralty 9th September 1914. [French cruiser] Dupleix arrived off Penang 9th September 5.30am. Folio 504: Telegram from Sir C Greene, Tokyo to Foreign Office 9th September 1914.two Japanese squadrons about to start, one to watch ships leaving Manila, and the other to cruise in Marianas and Carolines. Folio 506: Telegram from Admiralty to Commodore Hong Kong 31st August 1914. P
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The National Archives >> Records of the Admiralty, Naval Forces, Royal Marines, Coastguard, and related bodies >> Records of the Navy Board and the Board of Admiralty >> Admiralty: Historical Section: Records used for Official History, First World War >> China general operations telegrams, part 1, 25 July-25 September 1914. (Described at item level).
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