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A’Court-Repington,
Lt-Col. Charles [1858-1925].
British Military Attaché at Brussels and the Hague, 1899-1902; Military
Correspondent of the Times, 1904-18.
70-1, 75, 96-8, 159, 520
Abandonment
of Mediterranean, 8-9, 267, 272, 287, 293, 540
Abolition
of battleships, 390
Abrogation
of treaty of Berlin, 139
Acceleration
of British building programme, 344, 364, 366-8, 372, 374, 376, 378
Acceleration
of French building programme, 393
Acceleration
of German building programme, 104-5, 110-11, 125
Accommodation,
Britain with Germany, ix, 136, 241, 249
Accord
with France, 11, 317
Accord
with Germany, 144
Acquisition
of German port in Mediterranean, 161, 530
Acquisitions,
German territorial, 420
Admiral
Spaun (Austrian ship), 321
Admiralty
Committee, 54
Admiralty
policy, 4, 8-9, 31, 65, 79, 93, 96, 103, 172, 182, 470, 541
Admiralty
proposals, 100, 103, 519
Admiralty
War Staff, vi, xiii, 95-6, 128-30, 132, 134, 182, 199, 211-3, 215-8, 223-6,
247-8, 270, 284, 295, 300, 312, 339, 346-8, 370, 422
Adrianople,
330
Adriatic,
91, 101, 122-4, 126, 186-7, 258, 320, 331, 336-8, 341-2, 351, 385, 451, 471
Aehrenthal
Alois,
Baron Lexa Von (Count from 1909) [1854-1912]. Austro-Hungarian Ambassador at
St. Petersburgh, 1899-1906; Minister for Foreign Affairs, 1906-1912. 140
Aesop’s
Fables, 133
Afghanistan,
136-7, 139
Africa,
2, 11, 102, 151, 197, 271, 286-7, 307, 325, 342, 350, 473, 517, 525, 552
African
army, 338 (Italian), 415, 422 (French)
Agadir,
89, 135, 141, 151-81, 192, 226, 233, 235-6, 516, 530-1, 534, 536, 552
Agamemnon
(British semi-dreadnought), 52, 265, 273, 289
Agincourt
(British dreadnought, ex-Sultan Osman,
ex-Rio de Janeiro), 391
Aitken,
Max, 449
Aix-la-chapelle,
553
Åland
Archipelago, 139
Albania,
336-8
Albert,
King of Belgians, 481
Aldershot,
69, 134
Alexandretta,
333-4
Alexandria,
21, 26-8, 80, 220-1, 248, 261, 265, 271, 280, 325
Algeciras
Conference, 67, 69, 81, 140, 156, 159, 163, 525
Algeria,
345, 415, 505
Algerian
army corps (see also XIXth Army Corps), 187, 242, 315, 324-5, 415, 474, 503,
552, 554
Algiers,
473-4
Alsace,
552
America,
109, 395
Amphibious
operations, 102, 212
Amphion
(British cruiser), 452
Anglo-French
Entente, 25, 28-9, 32, 70, 79-80, 135-7, 140, 142, 144-5, 156, 221, 233, 236,
241, 249-50, 252, 268, 301, 308-10, 313-4, 316-7, 322, 347, 397, 405, 413, 435,
462, 507, 515-8, 523-5, 528, 530, 534, 536-7, 539-40, 542, 544-6, 549-50, 558-9
Anglo-French
relations, 11, 25, 28-9, 31-2, 78, 81, 93, 135, 142, 156, 162, 221-2, 232, 236,
249-50, 267-8, 277, 290, 299-300, 309, 314, 319, 324, 331, 335, 342, 374, 394,
396-7, 399, 409, 493, 501-2, 505, 507, 515-18, 525, 528, 532, 536-7, 540-1, 543,
547, 556-7, 559
Anglo-German
relations, xiii, 28, 50, 141-2, 234, 249, 338, 400, 411, 440, 461, 537
Anglo-Japanese
alliance, 43, 137
Anglo-Russian
Agreement, 31, 135-6, 138-40
Anglo-Russian
Naval Convention (proposed), 394-8, 400
Anglo-Russian
relations, 31-2, 135-6, 138-40, 394-6, 398, 400, 405-6, 412, 549, 559
Annex
to Triple Alliance, 342
Annexation,
Bosnia, 140, 291, 525
Annexation,
Tripoli, 266
Antwerp,
69, 91, 189-90
Appropriations,
124-5
Arbeiter
Zeitung, 123
Arbitration,
268, 416, 540
Archerfield
House, 198-9, 202
Ardennes,
554
Argentina,
395
Argentine
naval mission, 108
Armageddon,
12, 318, 406, 408
Armaments,
1, 51, 56, 107-9, 218, 241, 360
Armée
Navale, First, 186
Armenia,
334
Armstrong
(armaments manufacturer), 218, 312, 425, 446
Army,
British, v, vii, 11, 64, 104, 253, 527, 550
Army,
German, x, 9, 93, 126, 310, 462, 466, 548, 553
Arta,
Gulf of, 337
Asia,
138, 333-4, 412
Asiatic
agreement, 138-9
Aspern
(Austrian ship), 321
Asquith,
Herbert Henry [1852-1928].
Liberal MP, 1886-1918, 1920-4. Home Secretary, 1892-5; Chancellor of the
Exchequer, 1905-8; Prime Minister, 1908-16; Secretary of State for War, 30
March-5 August, 1914. v, 103, 107, 141, 156, 188, 190-1, 193-4, 211-12, 215-18,
221, 224-7, 249-50, 257, 267-9, 271, 277, 290, 292-4, 297, 300, 311-12, 320,
323, 347-9, 361, 365, 376-7, 385-7, 397, 405, 434-5, 444, 446, 448-9, 477-80,
490-93, 502, 505-7, 526-8, 530, 533-8, 541, 544, 551, 555-6; proposes defence
cuts, 56; informed of military talks, 76; becomes Prime Minister, 98; appoints
C.I.D. sub-committee, 100-1; and Two Power Standard, 108; and Dreadnought scare,
109, 111-12; and Fisher/Beresford feud, 128, 130-1; prevaricates in Commons,
143-5; and second Moroccan crisis, 157, 159-62, 164-8, 171, 174-6; decides on
changes at the Admiralty, 182-3; misgivings over dispatch of six divisions, 189;
and Radical anger, 195-7; appoints Churchill First Lord, 198-202; showdown with
Radicals, 203-4; and Malta conference, 247-8; at Malta, 258, 260, 262-4, 266;
defines new Mediterranean standard, 284-5, 287-8; ,and platitudinous French
formula, 316; on Mediterranean cruise, 335-7; and Naval Estimates crisis, 366-7,
370-2; and July crisis, 407-9, 411-13, 416-21, 424; drafts appeal to Tsar, 436;
supports Grey in Cabinet, 437-42;attempts to limit resignations, 452; the
decision for war and his reasoning, 453-4, 460-1, 463-6, 468-9; and
resignations, 489; reaction to Grey’s speech, 501; his position as War
Minister, 504
Asquith,
Violet, 260, 262
Asquithian
compromise, 104, 216
Assassination
of Franz Ferdinand, 386, 406
Assassination
of King George of Greece, 333
Athens,
333, 344-5
Atlantic
Fleet, 25-7, 69, 99, 158, 239, 244
Aubert,
Vice-Admiral Marie, 187, 290, 297-8
Augusta
harbour, 341
Australia
(Australian battle cruiser), 275, 290
Australia,
1, 257, 275, 290, 344
Austrian
Army Corps, 419
Austrian
building programme, xiv, 187, 315, 385-6, 548
Austrian
Navy, 91, 112, 122, 125, 176, 265, 275, 284, 294-5, 307, 310, 320-2, 331-2, 338,
343, 351, 364-5, 367, 399, 415
Austrian
ultimatum to Serbia, 407-8
Austro-German
co-operation, 339, 341
Austro-Italian
co-operation, 92, 269, 277, 319, 335, 341-3, 541
Auvert,
Admiral Paul, 222
Auxiliary
cruisers, 342
Bab-el-manded,
Straits of, 7
Bacon,
Admiral Sir Reginald Hugh (1863-1947). Naval Assistant to Lord Fisher, 1904-5;
Director of Naval Ordnance, 1907-9; managing director, Coventry Ordnance Works,
1909-1915. 47, 390
Bad
Nauheim, 165
Baedecker
guide, 260
Balfour,
Sir Arthur James (later the
Earl of Balfour) [1848-1930]. Conservative MP, 1874-85, 1885-1906, 1906-22.
First Lord of the Treasury, 1891-2, 1895-1902; Prime Minister, 1902-5; First
Lord of the Admiralty, 1915-6; Foreign Secretary, 1916-9. 29, 31, 63-4, 66-9,
73, 110-1, 215, 267-8, 293, 437, 453, 492, 500, 519, 540, 559
Balkan
War, 320, 322, 330, 335-8, 351, 363
Balkans,
248, 317-8, 331, 339, 525, 549
Ballard,
Rear-Admiral George
Alexander [1862-1948]. Assistant Director of the Intelligence Department;
Director of the Operations Division, Admiralty; Admiral of Patrols, East Coast,
1914-16; Senior Naval Officer, Malta, 1916-18. 66-7, 89, 211, 215-6, 295
Ballin,
Albert, 232-, 234, 406-7
Balmoral,
198, 200, 292, 316
Baltic
Fleet (Russian), 30, 52, 298
Baltic
Scheme, 66-7, 73, 100-4, 171, 174, 526
Baltic,
15, 139, 158, 172-3, 291, 307, 210, 316, 396-9, 451, 549
Bank
of England, 435
Bankers
Association, 160
Barcelona,
345
Barrère,
M. Camille, French
Ambassador at Rome, 1897-1924. 349
Battenberg,
Prince Louis Alexander of
(later Admiral of the Fleet, Marquess of Milfordhaven) [1854-1921]. Director of
Naval Intelligence, 1903-5; commanded 2nd Cruiser Squadron, 1905-7; second in
command, Mediterranean 1908; C-in-C, Atlantic Fleet, 1910; Second Sea Lord,
1911; First Sea Lord, 1912-4. 29, 201, 210-14, 216-18, 221, 222-4, 248, 258,
260, 263, 278, 284, 288, 313, 323-5, 329, 331-2, 335, 337-9, 344, 347-8, 366-8,
374, 376, 386, 388-9, 393-4, 398, 409, 422, 425, 469-73, 502-3
Battle
cruisers, 21, 34-5, 53-5, 111, 264, 275, 289-90, 300, 321, 330, 334, 345-6, 386,
392, 394, 422, 470-1, 503
Battle
fleet, 89, 153-4, 223, 264, 271-2, 286, 288, 299, 389, 391, 543
Baudin,
Pierre. French Minister of Marine. 266, 335
Bavaria,
193
Bax-Ironside,
Sir Henry George Outram
[1859-1929]. British Minister at Berne, 1909-11; at Sofia, 1911-15. 125-6
Bay
of Naples, 260
‘Beagles’
in the cabinet, 405, 441, 465
Beatty,
Admiral David [1871-1936].
Naval Secretary to the First Lord, 1912; in command of the 1st Battle Cruiser
Squadron from 1914; C-in-C, Grand Fleet, 1916-19; First Sea Lord, 1919-27. 218,
260-4, 270, 324, 345-6, 385
Beauchamp,
seventh Earl (William Lygon) [1872-1938]. Liberal politician. First Commissioner
of Works, 1910-1914. 360, 371, 453, 460, 464-5, 476-8, 489-91, 502
Belfast,
235
Belfort,
417, 554
Belgian
Army, 169, 189-90, 192, 481, 532
Belgian
frontier, 219, 310, 325, 548, 552
Belgian
neutrality, x, 69, 72, 405, 415-7, 420-1, 434-5, 438, 440-3, 445, 449, 461-2,
466-7, 477, 479-80, 489-90, 502-3, 519, 554
Belgium,
67, 71, 90-1, 168, 171, 189-92, 195, 203, 310, 411, 413, 415-8, 420, 438, 441-2,
454, 460, 462-3, 465-8, 477-81, 490-1, 497-9, 501-3, 515, 526, 535, 548, 550,
552-5
Belgrade,
416
Benckendorff,
Count Alexander [1849-1917].
Russian Ambassador at London, 1903-17. 135, 139, 398-9, 412
Berchtold,
Leopold, Count Von
[1863-1942]. Austro-Hungarian Ambassador at St. Petersburgh, 1906-11; Minister
for Foreign Affairs, 1912-15. 307
Berehaven,
239
Beresford,
Admiral Sir Charles William
de la Poer [1846-1919]. Conservative MP, 1874-80, 1885-9, 1897-1900, 1902,
1910-6. Commander-in-Chief, Mediterranean, 1905-7; Channel, 1907-9. 4-6, 14,
56-7, 93-7, 107, 128, 130-3, 210-1, 271
Berliner
Tageblatt, 398, 406
Bernhardi,
General Friedrich von [1949-1930]. German General of cavalry and exponent of
militarism. 397, 515, 530, 539, 550
Berteaux,
French Minister of War. 152
Bertie,
Sir Francis Leveson (since
1915, 1st Baron; 1918, 1st Viscount) [1844-1919]. British Ambassador at Rome,
1903-4; at Paris, 1905-18. 144-5, 155, 238, 245, 251, 300-1, 308-9, 311, 400,
406, 472, 517, 524, 528, 538, 544, 546, 547
Berwick,
Northumberland, 75
Besika
Bay, 330
Bethell,
Rear-Admiral Alexander Edward [1855- ].
Director of Naval Intelligence, 1909-1912; Commander-in-Chief, East Indies,
1912; Commanded R. N. War College, 1913-4. 166
Bethmann-Hollweg,
Herr Theobald von
[1856-1921]. Prussian Minister of the Interior, 1905-7; German Minister for the
Interior, 1907-9; German Imperial Chancellor, 1909-17. 141, 143, 152, 156, 226,
232-7, 240-2, 314, 345, 378, 400, 405, 419-20
Bilateral
agreements, 559
Birrell,
Augustine [1850-1933]. Author and Liberal politician. Chief Secretary for
Ireland, 1907-16. 197, 464
Bizerta,
263, 298, 324, 341, 474
Black
Prince (British heavy
cruiser), 313
Black
Sea Fleet (Russian), 15, 30, 297-8, 307, 333, 342, 395, 397
Black
Sea, 15, 28, 30, 139, 297-8
Blockade,
65, 91, 103, 123, 172, 174-6, 191, 216
Blyth,
Northumberland, 175
Board
of Admiralty, 1, 26, 31-2, 55, 57, 64, 95-6, 131, 210, 217, 266, 275-6, 285-6,
322, 370, 373-4. See also, German Admiralty, French Admiralty
Boer
War, vi, 9, 11, 63
Bombardment
of Dardanelles, 248
Bombay,
1
Bona,
448, 503
Bonar
Law, see Law
Bonham
Carter, Maurice [1880-1960].
Private Secretary to Mr Asquith, 1910-6. 436
Borden,
Sir Robert Laird [1854-1937]. Conservative politician. Prime Minister of Canada,
1911-20. 291-2, 359-60, 362-6, 373, 376, 386, 389
Borkum,
90, 452
Bosnia,
99, 140, 241
Bosnian
crisis, 122, 525
Bosphorus,
1, 13, 139
Boulogne,
445
Boyle,
Captain (later Admiral of the Fleet) William Henry Dudley, twelfth Earl of Cork
and Orrery [1873-1967]. Naval Intelligence Department, 1909-11; Naval Attaché,
Rome, 1913-5. 385-6
Bradbury,
John Swanwick [1872-1950]. Civil servant. Joint Permanent Secretary to the
Treasury, 1913-9. 371
Brassey,
Thomas, first Earl Brassey [1836-1918]. Liberal MP, 1868-86; Civil Lord of
Admiralty, 1880-4. Founded Brassey’s
Naval Annual in 1886. 24-5, 27, 53
Bremen,
105
Breslau,
SMS (German light cruiser), 322, 338, 422-3, 448, 470-1, 473-5, 503-4, 540
Brest,
1, 8, 12, 128, 184, 186-7, 290, 299, 313, 315, 335, 532-3, 548
Brett,
see Esher
Briand,
Aristide [1862-1932]. French Premier. 142-3
Bridge,
Admiral Sir Cyprian, 49
Bridgeman,
Admiral Sir Francis Charles
[1848-1929]. Commander-in-Chief, Home Fleet, 1907-9; First Sea Lord, 1911-2.
Removed to make way for Battenberg. 133, 218, 221-2, 224, 258, 270, 278, 284,
290, 295, 298-9, 301, 313, 322-3
Brindisi,
337, 475
British
Channel Fleet, 5, 10, 24, 27, 31, 45, 93-4, 131
British
Channel Squadron, 5-8, 25
British
Expeditionary Force, x, 166-7, 169, 183, 189-90, 195, 325, 396, 439, 441, 444,
465-6, 468-9, 499, 532, 550, 552, 556, 559
British
intervention, xii, 408, 418, 421, 434, 449-52, 466, 479-80, 490, 506-8, 515, 551
British
Mediterranean Squadron, 4-5, 8-10, 24-5, 57, 102, 239-40, 244-5, 249, 252, 294,
296, 330-1, 346, 385, 537
British
Naval Estimates, xiv, 2, 4, 7, 9, 11, 16, 22, 32-3, 52, 55-6, 98, 104, 109-10,
183, 200-1, 217, 223, 239, 242, 251, 292, 322, 343, 349, 356, 358-61, 365-75,
377-9, 389, 392, 394, 538
British
Squadrons: Third Cruiser Squadron, 27, 344; proposed River Squadron, 93; First
Cruiser Squadron, 52, 289, 344, 470-1; First Battle Cruiser Squadron, 345-6;
Second Battle Cruiser Squadron, 394, 422; Third Battle Squadron, 320-1, 329-30;
Fourth Battle Squadron, 244, 246, 262, 264, 289, 292, 294, 344; Fifth Battle
Squadron, 344
British
withdrawal from Mediterranean, 7, 91-2, 102, 222, 240, 242, 245-6, 248, 252,
260-1, 265, 269, 271, 285, 300, 315, 321, 445, 469, 537, 541, 544, 548
Brittany,
335
Brodrick,
William St. John Fremantle
[1856-1942]. Conservative MP, 1880-1906; Secretary of State for War, 1900-3. 64
Brussels,
481
Buchanan,
Sir George William
[1854-1924]. British Agent and Consul-General in Bulgaria, 1903-9; Ambassador at
St Petersburg, 1910-18; at Rome, 1919-21. 395-6, 409, 412, 549
Buckingham
Palace, 163, 436
Budget,
10, 16, 24, 64, 129, 141, 441
Bulgaria,
99, 447
Bülow,
Bernard Count Von (since
1905, Prince) [1849-1929]. German Imperial Chancellor, 1900-09. 517
Bülow,
Herr Alfred Von, German
Minister at Berne, 1898-1912. 126
Burney,
Vice-Admiral Sir Cecil [1858-1926]. Commanded International Naval Force in
Adriatic, 1913. 342
Burns,
John Elliot [1858-1943]. President of Local Government Board, 1905-14. 404, 416,
441, 453, 462-4, 466, 476-8, 480, 489-91, 502
Buxton,
Noel Edward [1869-1948].
Liberal MP, 1905-6, 1910-18. Labour MP, 1922-30. Co-founded the Balkan
Committee, 1903. 284, 360
Cadogan
Gardens, 438
Cagliari,
341-2
Caillaux,
Joseph [1863-1944]. French politician. Finance Minister, 1906, 1911, 1913;
Premier, 1911. 151, 153, 164
Cairo,
261
Calais,
v, 70, 445, 463, 519
Callaghan,
Sir George Astley, Admiral
[1852-1920]. Admiral commanding the First and Second Fleets, 1911-14;
Commander-in-Chief, the Nore, 1915-18. 345
Callwell,
Major-General Charles Edward
[1859-1928]. Intelligence Branch, War Office [1887-92. Retired from the Army in
1909 and recalled to the active list in 1914. Director of Military Operations
and Intelligence, 1914-6. 66-7
Cambon,
M. Jules, French Ambassador
at Madrid, 1902-7; at Berlin, 1907-14. 157, 508
Cambon,
M. Paul [1843-1924]. French
Ambassador at London, 1898-1920. 30, 73-5, 77-8, 156, 158, 184, 186, 196,
249-50, 258-9, 266, 270-1, 293, 299-302, 308-9, 312-19, 331, 349, 397, 399,
404-5, 410, 420, 434-7, 439, 443-6, 449, 452, 460-1, 464, 466-7, 469-72, 476,
479-81, 489-90, 492-3, 497, 506, 515, 517-8, 520-2, 524, 537-8, 543-9, 555, 559
Campbell-Bannerman,
Sir Henry [1836-1908].
Liberal MP [1868-1908; Prime Minister, 5 December 1905-4 April 1908. V, 56, 68,
73-4, 80, 98, 493, 520-3, 525
Canada,
278, 290, 292, 322, 343, 359-60, 362, 366, 373-4, 376, 378, 387
Canadian
Senate, 364
Canadian
ships, 292-3, 343, 345, 349, 357-9, 366, 368, 373, 376, 378, 389
Cape
of Good Hope, 1, 26, 154-5, 257
Cape
Santa Maria di Leuca, 101
Cardiff,
159
Carlton
club, 361
Cartwright,
Sir Fairfax L. [1857-1928].
Ambassador at Vienna, 1908-13. 249
Casablanca
incident, 99
Cassel,
Sir Ernest [1852-1921].
British Financier. 232-4, 236, 238, 290
Casus
belli, 192, 240, 479, 481,
489
Casus
foederis, 339
Cavalry,
167, 169, 192, 531, 552
Cawdor,
third Earl (Frederick Archibald Vaughan Campbell) [1847-1911]. First Lord of the
Admiralty, 1905. 31, 55-6, 67
Cecil,
Lord Hugh [1869-1956]. Conservative MP. 494-5
Cephalonia,
337
Cessation
of naval building (see also ‘Naval Holiday’), 242
Chamberlain,
Right Hon. Austen
[1836-1914]. Secretary of State for the Colonies, 1895-1903. 110, 453
Chamberlain,
Sir Joseph [1863-1937].
Chancellor of the Exchequer, 1903-5. 15
Chancellor
of the Exchequer, 3-4, 6, 16, 56, 76, 106-7, 129, 160-3, 189, 322, 361, 363,
368-71, 375, 414, 441, 465, 478-80, 530. See also, Goschen, Chamberlain,
Asquith, Lloyd George
Chancellor,
see German Imperial Chancellor, Bülow, Bethmann-Hollweg
Channel
Committee, 45-6
Channel
Fleet, see British Channel Fleet
Channel
Squadron, see British Channel Squadron
Charing
Cross station, 453
Charlemagne
(French ship), 474
Chatham,
330
Cherbourg,
1, 12, 445
Chief
of the War Staff (C.O.S.), 212-4, 223-5, 266, 270, 278, 295, 312-3, 323, 347-8,
393, 469
Chile,
55, 395
China
Station, 31, 275, 508
Churchill,
Sir Winston [1874-1965].
President of the Board of Trade, 1908-10; Home Secretary, 1910-11; First Lord of
the Admiralty, 1911-5. 331-2, 334, 348-9, 405, 421, 444, 448, 476, 480, 489,
506-7, 525, 531-2, 534-8, 540-3, 545-9, 556; and 1909 Naval scare, 106-7;
proposes abandonment of Mediterranean, 153-5; and second Moroccan crisis, 161,
163-6, 171, 173-4, 176; desire for Admiralty, 183; influenced by Henry Wilson,
188-94; presses claim for Admiralty, 197-201, 203; transfers to Admiralty to
form Naval War Staff, 210-25; advocates abandonment of Mediterranean, 226-7; and
Haldane Mission, 232-5, 237-41; proposes Naval Holiday, 242-6; plans maximum
concentration in North Sea and C.I.D. meeting in Malta, 247-8, 250, 252-3,
257-64, 266-80; and Cabinet opposition to withdrawal scheme, 284-91; promise of
Canadian ships, 292-8; informs French of his proposal, 299-303; holds out fro
freedom of action, 308, 310-17, 319; and Balkan War, 320-1, replaces Bridgeman,
322-5; cruises in Mediterranean, 335-7; orders Mediterranean show of strength,
343-5; his estrangement from C.I.D., 346-7; naval estimates crisis and policy of
substitution, 356-61, 363-78; new tactics and submarines for Mediterranean,
385-92; and Russian approach, 397-400; and July crisis, 407, 409-12, 415, 417;
sends warning telegram, 418; issues operational orders, 422-3; embargoes Turkish
ships, 424-5; and possible coalition, 435-6; monopolizes discussion in Cabinet,
441-2; and reaction to embargo, 447; and Sunday Cabinet, 2 August, 451-3, 463-5,
467; and Mediterranean naval situation, 469-71; informs French Naval Attaché of
Cabinet decision, 472; authorizes communication with French, 479; and Belgian
neutrality, 481; requests immediate action, 501; reaction upon sighting of Goeben
and Breslau, 503-5
Cicoli,
Alfred Captain (Austrian naval officer) 340, 343-4
Clandestine
naval activity, 105, 108
Claridge's
Hotel, 97
Clarke,
George Sydenham, first Baron Sydenham [1848-1933]. Secretary, Committee of
Imperial defence, 1904-7. 8, 11, 64, 67-74, 76, 79, 519-20, 522
Clemenceau,
M. Georges [1841-1929].
French Minister of the Interior, 1906; Premier and Minister of the Interior,
1906-9; Premier and Minister of War, 1917-20. 82, 102, 127, 142
Clerk,
Sir George R. [1874-1951].
First Secretary at Constantinople, 1910-2; Senior Clerk at the Foreign Office
(Eastern Department), 1913-4. 460
Cloan,
199-200
Clowes,
William Laird [1856-1905]. Naval writer. 7-9
Coal,
45, 159, 330, 344, 360, 424, 451, 503
Coaling
stations, 3, 80-1
Coalition
Government, x, xii, 405, 436, 453, 478-80
Coatit
(Italian ship), 321
Colonial
aspirations, 157
Colonial
concessions, 237
Colonial
wars, 2, 550
Commerce
protection, 3-4, 6, 15, 51-2, 69, 101, 112, 143, 186-7, 258, 265, 319, 332, 415,
498
Committee
of Designs, 26, 33, 46, 53-4
Committee
of Imperial Defence, vi-viii, xiii, 63-9, 71, 75, 78, 80-1, 96, 100-3, 106,
128-30, 165-6, 171, 175, 182-4, 188-90, 192, 195, 200, 202, 211, 213, 215-7,
220-1, 223-7, 247, 252, 257-8, 263, 271, 278-80, 284-5, 288, 290-3, 312, 324,
346-7, 358, 362, 385, 409, 417, 439, 467, 480, 508, 518-20, 526-7, 531-3, 542,
556
Committee
of Imperial Defence sub-committees, 65-7, 96, 100, 103-4, 128-30, 132, 175,
216-7, 223, 526-7
Compensation,
territorial, 80, 151-2, 157, 159, 317, 524
Concessions,
territorial, 81
Conference
proposal (by Grey), 413, 416
Conferences:
Hague, 12, 56, Algeciras, 30-2, 67, 69, 81, Malta, 257, 267, 278, Triple
Alliance, 340-1, Russian, 395, Ambassadors, 410, Admiralty, 422, 425
Congo,
90, 151, 157-9, 196
Conrad
von Hötzendorf, Field Marshal Franz, Count [1852-1925]. Chief of Staff,
Austro-Hungarian Army from 1906. 125
Conservative
Government, vi, 55, 135
Conservative
Party, 31
Constantinople,
9, 99, 105, 140, 320-2, 329, 333, 391, 395, 397, 424, 447-8, 505
Constitutional
crisis, 157
Continental
strategy, 80, 104, 165, 184, 253, 409, 508, 527
Conversations,
naval and military, 74-6, 78-9, 100-2, 141, 171, 196, 201-3, 221, 249-50, 252,
259, 279, 291, 299-300, 302, 308-9, 350, 393, 397-9, 493-4, 508, 515-6, 518,
520-2, 526, 528, 533-5, 537-9, 543, 545-7, 551, 555
Convoys,
474-6
Conz,
Capitano di fregata Angelo (Italian Naval Staff), 339-40, 343-4
Corbett,
Sir Julian [1854-1922].
Naval historian. 89-90, 129, 296
Cordite,
9
Corfu,
320, 336-7, 363
Cornwallis
(British pre-dreadnought), 263
Council
of ministers, 102
Courbet
(French dreadnought), 374, 393
Coventry
Ordnance Works, 105
Cressy
(British heavy cruiser), 51-2
Crete,
99
Crewe,
Marquess [1858-1945].
Secretary of State for the Colonies, 1908-10; Secretary of State for India,
1910-15. 165, 183, 188, 197, 284, 405, 444, 449, 461, 464-5, 481
Criccieth,
189, 193, 477
Cricket,
24, 406-7
Cromarty,
193
Cromer,
1st Earl of (Evelyn Baring)
[1841-1917]. British Consul-General and Agent in Egypt, 1883, 1885-1907. 27,
220, 409
Crowe,
Mr. (later Sir) Eyre
[1864-1925]. Entered Foreign Office, 1885. Senior Clerk, British Foreign Office,
1906-12; Assistant Under-Secretary for Foreign Affairs, 1912-20; Permanent
Under-Secretary, 1920-5. 136, 155-8, 245, 247-9, 252-3, 329, 351, 397, 410-1,
420-1, 435, 437, 440, 477-8, 516, 539-40
Cruppi,
144-5, 528
Cuniberti,
Italian naval architect, 112
Curragh
incident, 504
Curzon
of Kedleston, George Nathaniel, 1st
Baron [1859-1925]. Viceroy and Governor-General of India, 1899-1905. 16
Curzon-Howe,
Admiral, 153
Custance,
Admiral Sir Reginald Neville [1847-1935]. Consistent critic of Admiralty policy;
retired 1912. 348
Cuxhaven,
93
Cyprus,
8, 12, 257, 261, 320, 336
Cyrenaica,
219, 329
D3-D8
(British submarines), 387
Dalmatian
coast, 335
Dante
Alighieri (Italian
dreadnought), 112-3, 393
Danton
(French semi-dreadnought), 127, 185-6
Danubius
yard, Fiume, 124
Dardanelles,
viii, 1, 128, 139, 154, 171, 248, 333, 342, 397
Darrieus,
Contre-Amiral (later
Vice-Amiral) Pierre Joseph Gabriel Georges [1859-1931]. Commanded Division des
écoles de la Méditerranée, 1913. 265, 474
Daveluy,
Captain. French naval writer. 265
Dawson,
Sir Arthur Trevor [1866- ].
Managing Director, Vickers. 391
Debt,
national, 3
Declaration
of neutrality, 242, 297, 443, 469, 540
Declaration
of war, 137, 153, 203, 419, 436, 451, 460, 463-7, 477, 539
Defence
(British heavy cruiser), 52
Defence
of India, 139; of Malta, 102, 261; of the Straits of Dover, 101-2, 184; of the
Suez Canal, 102, 261, 325
Defence
of the Empire, 24, 290, 292, 376, 378
Defence
spending, 9, 16, 192, 536
Delcassé,
M. Théophile [1852-1923].
French Minister of Foreign Affairs 1898-1905 and 1914-9. 25, 29-30, 126-7,
185-8, 222, 290, 517
Delegations
(Hungarian), 122, 124
Denmark,
66, 174, 191
Détente
(Anglo-German), 400, 411
Deuxieme
Bureau, 553
Devonshire
class (British heavy cruiser), 264
Devonshire,
Duke of, 453
Dieppe,
193
Diocletian’s
Palace, 335
Diplomacy,
32, 81, 136, 139, 197, 232, 268, 287, 351, 490, 542
Director
of Naval Intelligence (D.N.I.), 32, 97, 223
Director
of the Mobilization Department (D.N.M.), 223
Director
of the Operations Department (D.N.O.), 223
Discussions,
104, 157, 234, 237, 241, 245, 249-50, 258, 264, 271, 309, 410, 450, 464, 467,
474, 504, 519, 527, 537, 547
Disembarkation
ports, 452, 529
‘Ditherers’
in the Cabinet, 489-90
Djavid
Pasha [1875-1926]. Turkish
Deputy for Salonica, member of the CUP inner circle. Minister of Finance,
1909-11, 1912, and from January 1913. 447
Djemal
Pasha,
Ahmed [1872-1922]. Military Governor of Constantinople, 1913; Minister of
Public Works, 1914; Minister of Marine, 1914; assassinated. 447
Dodecanese,
248, 307
Dogger
Bank, 28
Dominions,
248, 287, 290
Domvile,
Commander Barry, Assistant
Secretary, Committee of Imperial Defence, 1914. 467
Doumergue,
Gaston [1863-1937]. French Premier, 1913-4. 397
Dover,
26, 72, 79, 101-2, 184, 260, 286
Draycott
Place, 439
Dreadnought
(British Dreadnought), vii, xi, 34-6, 47, 49-51, 53-6, 89, 105, 111, 524
Dreadnought
scare, xi, xiii, 105, 112, 125, 128-9, 141, 516, 531
Dredgers,
220
Dresden
(German cruiser), 334, 338
Drummond,
James Eric, sixteenth Earl of Perth [1876-1951]. Asquith’s private secretary,
1912-5. 436
Dublin
(British cruiser), 470
Dublin,
412-3
Duke
of Edinburgh (British heavy
cruiser), 52-3, 289, 313
Duma,
297
Duncan
(British pre-dreadnought), 263-4
Dunkirk,
79
Durbar,
242
Dutch
colonies, 90
Dutch
neutrality, 417
Ecole
supérieure de guerre, xi,
144
Egerton,
Sir George. 246
Egmont
(British ship) 263
Egypt,
1-2, 8, 10, 15, 28, 80-1, 92, 154, 162, 220-1, 248, 253, 257, 261, 271, 285-6,
296, 325
Ehrhardt
(German armaments’ manufacturer) 106
El
Kasr, 152
Elbe,
66, 93, 451
Elsdale,
Lieutenant-Colonel H., Royal Engineers, 7, 9
Emanuele
Filiberto (Italian ship),
321
Embargo
of Turkish ships, 391, 447
Enchantress
(Admiralty yacht), 246, 260-3, 266-8, 290, 323, 335, 337
English
Channel, 21, 27, 423, 450, 461-2, 464, 495
Entente,
see Anglo-French Entente
Enver
Pasha [1882-1922]. Turkish Military Attaché at Berlin, 1909, 1912, 1913; served
in the Italo-Turkish War, 1912; Lieutenant-Colonel, 1913; Major-General and
Minister of War from 1914; assassinated. 447
Epinal,
554
Esher,
2nd Viscount (Reginald
Baliol Brett) [1852-1930]. Liberal MP 1880-5. A permanent member of the
Committee of Imperial Defence, 1905-18. 3, 69-72, 79, 99, 103-4, 107, 130-1,
133, 165, 183, 200-2, 215-8, 223-4, 226-7, 245-6, 260, 266, 268-9, 271-3, 279,
284-5, 287-8
Estimates,
see British Naval Estimates, French Naval Estimates
Ewart,
Lt-Gen. Sir John Spencer
[1861-1930]. Director of Military Operations, 1906-10. 556
Expeditionary
Force, see British Expeditionary Force
Fairholme,
Colonel. British Military Attaché, Paris. 195-6
Falkenhayn,
Erich von [1861-1922]. Prussian War Minister, 1913. 419
Fallières,
M. Armand [1841-1931].
President of the French Republic, 1906-13. 185
Fallodon,
Northumberland. 70, 190-1, 249, 407, 409, 521
Fashoda,
10
Fasson,
Major (later Brigadier-General) John Disney [1864- ]. General Staff Officer, 1906-7. 66, 519
Ferguson,
Niall, 507-8
Fifth
Army (French), 325, 552, 554
Fire
control, 20, 35-6, 45, 47, 133
Fisher,
Admiral Sir John Arbuthnot
(later Admiral of the Fleet, Lord Fisher of Kilverstone) [1841-1920].
Commander-in-Chief of the Mediterranean Squadron, 1900-2; Second Sea Lord, 1902;
C-in-C, Portsmouth, 1903; First Sea Lord, 1904-10 and October 1914-May 1915.
Head of the Royal Commission on Fuel and Engines, 1912-4. Created Baron, 1909.
3, 11-16, 20-42, 45-57, 64-9, 72-3, 75, 79-80, 89-90, 93-104, 106-8, 110-12,
122, 128-35, 137, 153, 165, 171, 182, 185-7, 210-11, 218-22, 227, 245-7, 260-2,
264-5, 269-71, 278, 280, 284, 286, 288, 302, 312-3, 319, 325, 344, 347, 386,
390-1, 473, 508, 518, 522, 52-7, 532, 536, 545, 558
Fitzmaurice,
Lord Edmond George (since
1906, 1st Baron Fitzmaurice of Leigh) [1846-1935]. Parliamentary Under-Secretary
of State for Foreign Affairs 1883-5, 1905-8.
Fiume,
48, 124
Flanders,
467
Flotilla
defence, 363, 387
Foch,
Ferdinand [1851-1929]. Commandant of the Ecole Supérieure de Guerre. Xi, 144,
528
Formidable
class (British pre-dreadnoughts), 274
Fourth
Battle Squadron, 244, 246, 262, 264
Franco-German
Frontier, 67, 417, 554
Franco-German
relations, 157, 163-4, 219
Franco-Prussian
war, 93
Franco-Russian
relations, 4, 6, 9, 15, 140, 250, 297, 518, 540
French
Admiralty, 102, 393, 526
French
Army, 71, 100, 104, 165, 169-70, 189-90, 325, 475, 516, 526-7, 532, 551-2
French
coasts, 464, 480
French
Fleet, 1, 4-5, 13, 23, 168, 185, 242, 247, 249-50, 268, 277, 280, 290, 308, 310,
313, 316, 319, 335, 341, 392, 411, 422, 450, 466, 470, 473, 476, 495-6, 526,
537, 540-1, 546, 549
French
General Staff, 71, 73, 100, 169, 172, 201, 310, 325, 490, 548, 551, 553
French
interest, 265, 301
French
Naval Estimates, 142, 265
French
Navy, 24, 92, 99, 126-7, 143, 177, 184-5, 297, 331, 335, 345, 374, 404, 471,
525, 532
French
Squadrons: First Squadron, 185-6; Second Squadron, 186; Third Squadron, 186-7,
290, 313, 315, 335, 533, 543
French
submarines, 79
French,
Field-Marshal Sir John
Denton Pinkstone [1852-1925]. Chief of the Imperial General Staff, 1912-4;
Commander-in-Chief of the British Expeditionary Force, 1914-1915. Iv, 69, 81,
166, 253, 284-5, 347, 417
Friedrichstrasse,
235
Frisian
Islands, 90
Gaeta,
341
Gard,
Chief Constructor W. H., 53
Gaulois
(French ship), 474
Gauthier,
Dr Armand Elzéar, French
Minister of Marine, 1914. 474-5
Genoa,
260
George,
David Lloyd [1863-1945].
Liberal MP, 1890-1931. Chancellor of the Exchequer, 1908-15; Minister of
Munitions, 1915-16; Prime Minister & First Lord of the Treasury, 1916-22.
106-8, 129, 141, 160-4, 166, 168-9, 171, 176, 188-93, 200-1, 210, 232-3, 237,
279, 284, 287, 318, 322, 360-71, 375, 377, 405, 409, 414-5, 417, 435-7, 440-1,
444, 453, 460, 464-5, 467, 476-7, 479-81, 489, 503, 530, 532, 556
German
Admiralty, 50, 338
German
Army, 9, 93, 126, 310, 462, 466, 548, 553
German
Fleet, 23, 29, 91, 93, 109, 157, 159, 172-3, 176-7, 187, 234, 236, 274, 276,
285-6, 291, 369, 400, 404, 414, 444-5, 449-51, 461-3, 466-7, 471-2, 496, 531,
557
German
Imperial Chancellor, 141, 152, 226, 232, 235-7, 314, 378, 400, 419-20, 438, 517
German
naval building, 98, 106, 111, 238, 388, 390-1
German
Naval plans, 50, 55
German
Naval Staff, 152
German
Navy, 22-3, 97, 127, 137, 140, 158, 184, 237, 239-40, 243, 261, 359, 378, 461,
532
German
Third Squadron, 233-5, 245, 365
German
violation of Belgian neutrality, 69, 72, 191, 203, 415-7, 440-2, 445, 449, 466,
477, 480, 498, 519, 535
Germinet,
Admiral. Commanded French Squadron, Toulouse. 102
Gibraltar,
6-10, 21, 25-7, 102, 153, 239, 244-6, 262, 264, 266-7, 271-2, 274, 276, 294,
345, 471, 503
Gignon
Lieutenant Charles. French wireless expert and interpreter. 185-6
Giuliano,
San, see San Giuliano
Gladstone,
William Ewart [1809-1898]. Liberal Statesman and Prime Minister. 1-2, 5-6, 9,
416, 469
Glasgow,
235, 237, 242
Gloire
(French ship), 127
Goeben
(German battle cruiser), 54, 321-2, 333-4, 338, 344-6, 394, 415, 422-3, 447-8,
470-1, 473-6, 503-5, 540
Gooch,
John, 68
Goschen,
George Joachim [1831-1907]. Chancellor of the Exchequer, 1886-92; First Lord of
the Admiralty, 1895-1900. 3-4
Goschen,
Sir William Edward
[1847-1924]. British Ambassador at Vienna, 1905-8; at Berlin, 1908-14. 158,
235-6, 251, 267, 419-20, 539
Governor
of Malta, 248, 263
Grand
Vizier, 447
Great
Yarmouth, 175
Greece,
99, 320, 335-7, 422
Greek
Navy, 397
Greene,
Sir William Graham
[1857-1950]. Principal Clerk, Admiralty, 1902-7; Assistant Secretary, 1907-11;
Permanent Secretary, 1911-7. 214, 218
Grey,
Sir Edward (since 1916,
Viscount) [1862-1933]. Secretary of State for Foreign Affairs, 11 December 1905
— 11 December 1916. 64, 96, 98, 100, 107, 200, 219, 221, 320-1, 330-1, 337,
347, 360, 404-5, 504-7, 515-31, 533-40, 542, 544-5, 547-51, 555-9; appointed
Foreign Secretary, 31-2; and commencement of military talks, 69-70, 73-7;
withholds Cabinet authorization, 78; and naval talks, 79; acknowledges moral
force, 80-2; and Turkish revolution, 99; and German naval acceleration, 110-11;
and Anglo-Russian agreement, 142-6; and second Moroccan crisis, 155-66, 169-71,
174, 184, 188-94; becomes focus of Radical anger, 195-7; defends Anglo-French
talks, 203-4; and Haldane Mission, 232-4, 240-1; and planned withdrawal from
Mediterranean, 249-53, 257-9, 261, 263-4, 266-8, 270-1, 278-9, 284, 287, 291,
293, 297, 299-302; and French approach to consolidate Entente, 308-11, 315-19;
and Anglo-Italian relations, 349-51; and Naval Estimates crisis, 363, 366; and
Russian approach, 394, 396-400; and July crisis, 406-13, 415-21, 424-6; Cabinet
meetings of 1 and 2 August and pledge to Cambon, 434-46, 448-51, 454, 460-7,
469-72, 477-81; his speech to the House, 489-502; his responsibility, 508-9
Grierson,
Major-Gen. Sir James
Moncrieff [1859-1914]. Director of Military Operations, 1904-6. Iv-vi, 70-2, 75,
80, 144, 519-20, 522
Grimsby,
175
Gunboats,
xi, 152, 155-7
Gunnery
control, see fire control
Gyroscopic
torpedo, 48
Hague
Peace Conference, 12, 56
Haldane,
Richard Burdon (since 1911,
1st Viscount) [1856-1928]. Liberal MP, 1885-1911. Secretary of State for War,
1905-12; Lord Chancellor, 1912-5. 75-6, 129, 145, 164-6, 168, 171, 174-6, 182-3,
188-9, 197-201, 203, 210, 212, 215-6, 218, 223-5, 227, 234-41, 249-50, 252-3,
257, 277, 279, 284-5, 400, 405-7, 409, 416-7, 438, 444, 449, 464-5, 478, 490-1,
493, 522-3, 528, 534, 534-8, 556
Hamburg,
93, 451
Hamburg-Amerika
Steamship Company, 232, 406
Hamilton,
General Sir Ian Standish
Monteith [1853-1947]. Adjutant-General, 1909-10; Inspector-General of Overseas
Forces, 1910-14. 262-3, 284, 286
Hamilton,
Lord George Francis [1845-1927]. First Lord of the Admiralty, 1885-6, 1886-92. 5
Hampshire
(British cruiser), 289, 313, 321
Hankey,
Maurice Pascal Alers (later
1st Baron Hankey) [1877-1963]. Naval Intelligence Department, 1902-7; Assistant
Secretary of the Committee of Imperial Defence, 1908-12; Secretary,
C.I.D.1912-38; of the War Council, November 1914-May 1915; of the Dardanelles
Committee, May-November 1915; of the Cabinet War Committee, December
1915-December 1916; of the War Cabinet, 1916-8. Lieutenant-Colonel, Royal
Marines, 1914. 11-2, 89, 129-31, 164-7, 170, 175, 215-6, 247, 258, 287, 347, 531
Hansard,
469
Harcourt,
Lewis, first Viscount Harcourt [1863-1922]. Liberal politician. Secretary of
State for the Colonies, 1910-5. 165, 188, 195, 241, 284-8, 441, 453, 460, 464-5,
476-7, 480
Hardcastle,
Engineer-Lieutenant, 48
Hardinge,
Sir Charles (since 1910, 1st
Baron Hardinge of Penshurst) [1858-1944]. Assistant Under-Secretary of State for
Foreign Affairs, 1903-4; Ambassador at St. Petersburg, 1904-6; Permanent
Under-Secretary of State for Foreign Affairs, 1906-10; Viceroy and
Governor-General of India, 1910-6; Ambassador at Paris, 1920-2. 81-2, 125, 136,
445, 525
Harvey
process, 51
Haus,
Admiral. Austrian Commander-in-Chief. 340-2, 372
Hazlehurst,
Cameron, 441, 467, 494
Heath,
Captain Herbert, British Naval Attaché at Berlin. 105-6
Heatwave,
157, 190
Hegemony,
136, 140, 162, 530-1
Heligoland,
173
Herzegovina,
99, 291
Hirson,
552-3
Hobhouse,
Rt Hon. Sir Charles Edward Henry [1862-1941]. Chancellor of the Duchy of
Lancaster, 1911-4; Postmaster-General, 1914-5. 269, 274, 278, 287, 296, 359-60,
370, 464-5, 477, 489
Hobson,
J. A., 495
Hohenzollern
(German Imperial yacht),152, 158
Holland
submarine, 21
Holland,
66, 90, 191, 411, 420, 491, 498
Hopwood,
Sir Francis John Stephens
[1860-1947]. Additional Civil Lord, Admiralty, 1912-7. 292, 312, 361, 363
Hötzendorf,
Conrad von, see Conrad
House
of Lords, 2, 76, 141, 157, 159, 182, 199
Howe
(British battleship), 3
Huguet,
Major (later Colonel),
French Military Attaché at London, 1906-11. iv-v, 70-1, 74-5, 194, 519-20,
522-4, 529, 535
Hungarian
Government, 123-4
Hungarian
Naval Estimates, 124
Hutchinson,
Captain. British naval observer, Russo-Japanese War. 44
Huy,
190
Hybrid,
53
Hyde
Park, iv, 70, 144
Illingworth,
Percy. Liberal Chief Whip. 414
Iltis
class (German gunboats), 152
Imperial
Naval Office, 36, 50
Imperiali,
Italian Ambassador, London. 317
Imports,
1 4-5, 420
Indefatigable
(British battle cruiser), 54, 289, 313, 345-6, 470, 503, 505
Independence
of Belgium, 191, 466, 468, 498
Independence
of Morocco, 28
India,
1-2, 15, 65, 137-9
Indian
frontier, 136, 559
Indomitable
(British battle cruiser), 34, 55, 270, 275, 289, 313, 330, 503, 505
Inflexible
(British battle cruiser), 55, 289, 313, 322, 330, 333, 335-6, 393
Inflexible
class, 471
Innovation,
2, 11, 211
Inquiry
into naval policy, 96, 126, 128, 130, 166
Intervention,
see British intervention
Invasion
plans, 15, 65-6, 91, 96, 166-7, 172, 175, 203, 248, 265, 286, 310, 415, 435,
451, 460, 465, 502, 419, 535, 548, 553-4, 559
Invincible
(British battle cruiser), 50-1, 54-5, 89, 105, 270, 289, 313, 330, 335, 386, 422
Invincible class,
51, 53-5, 110
Ionian
Islands, 338
Ireland,
406-7, 411, 413
Irish
home rule, 235, 406, 412
Irish
Nationalist support, 141
Isaacs,
Rufus Daniel [1860-1935]. 210
Islam,
220, 261, 397
Isle
of Hastings, (British
merchant ship), 503, 505, 540
Isvolsky,
M. Alexander [1856-1919].
Russian Minister for Foreign Affairs, 1906-10; Ambassador at Paris, 1910-7.
139-40, 298
Italian
bombardment of Dardanelles, 248. See also, Turco-Italian War
Italian
naval building programme, xiv, 113, 187, 289, 315, 365, 372-3, 548,
Italian
Navy, 101, 112, 269, 307, 339, 341, 351, 385, 393. See also, Austro-Italian
co-operation
Itchen
Abbas, 409-10, 412
Jackson,
Admiral Sir Henry Brawardine
[1855-1929]. Commanded RN War College, 1911-13; Chief of Admiralty War Staff,
1913; was destined to replace Milne as C-in-C, Medt.1914, but appointment
rescinded; First Sea Lord, May 1915-Decemebr 1916. 44, 347-8, 393
Jagow,
Gottlieb von [1863-1935].
German Foreign Secretary, 1913-6. 333, 406, 416, 438, 440-1, 461, 472, 476, 497,
508
Jane’s
Fighting Ships, 112
Japan,
26, 30, 44, 46, 65, 137
Jean
Bart (French battleship),
393
Jellicoe,
Admiral (later Admiral of
the Fleet) Sir John Rushworth [1859-1935]. Second Sea Lord, 1912-14;
Commander-in-Chief of the Grand Fleet, 1914-6; First Sea Lord, 1916-7. Created
Viscount, 1918; 1st Earl, 1925. 109, 201, 211, 246, 348, 386-90
Joffre,
General Joseph Jacques Césaire
[1852-1931]. Chief of French General Staff, 1911; C-in-C, French Armies in north
and north-east, 1914; C-in-C of French Armies in the west, 1915-16. 195-6, 325,
476, 532, 552, 554-5
Jospeh
I, Franz
[1830-1916]. Emperor of Austria from 1848 and King of Hungary from 1867. 90-1
Kagul
(Russian ship), 321
Kaiser
class (German ships), 52
Kell,
Colonel Sir Vernon George [1873- ].
Staff Captain, War Office, 1904-7; Committee of Imperial Defence, 1907-9. 193
Kelly,
Captain (later Admiral Sir)
William A. Howard [1873-1952]. Commanded HMS Gloucester,
1914-16; liaison officer at French Ministry of Marine, 1916-17. 187, 242, 280,
325
Kennedy,
Paul, 550
Kennet
(British destroyer), 193
Kerr,
Lord Walter Talbot [1839-1927] First Sea Lord, 1899-1904. 14-16
Kerr,
Rear-Admiral (later Admiral)
Mark Edward Frederic [1864-1944]. Head of the British Naval Mission to Greece
and Commander-in-Chief of the Greek Navy, 1913-5. 210, 218
Key,
Astley Cooper. First Lord of the Admiralty. 2
Keyes,
Admiral Roger John Brownlow, first Baron Keyes [1872-1945]. Commodore in charge
of submarines, 1912-4. 21
Kiderlen-Waechter,
Herr von. German Minister at
Bucharest, 1899-1910; Attached to German Foreign Office, 1908-9; Minister for
Foreign Affairs, 1910-2. 151-3, 155-9, 164-5
Kiel
Canal, 29, 50, 172-3, 291, 357, 406, 451
Kiel
Regatta, 406
Kiel,
152, 172, 192, 291
King
Edward class (British
pre-dreadnoughts), 53, 273, 284, 294, 320, 376
King’s
Own Scottish Borderers, 411
Kitchener,
General Sir Herbert (later
Earl Kitchener) [1850-1916]. Sirdar of the Egyptian Army [1892-9;
Commander-in-Chief, India, 1902-9; Agent and Consul-General at Cairo, 1911-4;
Secretary of State for War, 1914-6. 137, 165, 194, 248, 257-8, 260-4, 385, 421
Knollys,
Lord Francis [1837-1924]. Private Secretary to King Edward VII; Joint Private
Secretary to King George V, 1910-3. 271
Kohler,
Commander Erich, 340
Kölnische
Zeitung, 81
Konigin
Luise (German ship), 452
Koryo-maru
(Japanese ship), 43
Kriegspiel,
195
Krupp’s,
51, 105-6
Kühlmann,
Herr Richard von
[1873-1949]. Councillor of German Embassy at London, 1908-14; on missions to
Turkey and Scandinavia, 1915-7; Secretary of State for Foreign Affairs, 1917-8.
314, 478
Lambert,
Nicholas, xiii-xiv, 20, 356, 363, 365, 369-71, 387-92
Lambton,
Admiral Sir Hedworth, 201
Lancaster
(British cruiser), 313
Lanessan,
M J de, French Minister of Marine, 265
Lansdowne,
The 5th Marquess of,
[1845-1927]. Secretary of State for Foreign Affairs, 12 November 1900 – 11
December 1905. 29-31, 70, 81, 135, 453, 462, 489, 517-9, 521
Lapeyrère,
Vice-Admiral Auguste
Emmanuel Hubert Gaston Marie Boué de [1852-1924]. French Minister of Marine,
1909-11; C-in-C, Première Armée Navale, 1911-15; Vice-Admiral Commanding the
Allied Naval forces, Mediterranean, 1914-5. 128, 186-7, 242, 315, 319, 340,
473-6, 479
Laraiche,
152
Lascelles,
Sir Frank Cavendish
[1841-1920]. British Ambassador at Berlin, 1895-1908. 63
Law,
Andrew Bonar [1858-1923].
Conservative MP, 1900-10, 1911-23. Leader of the Opposition from 1911. 436-7,
453, 462, 468-9, 489
Le
Bris, Vice-Amiral Pierre
Ange Marie [1856-1940]. Directeur du service des travaux, 1912; conducted secret
talks with Battenberg, 1913. 332, 393-4
Le
Temps, 12, 313
Lebanon,
333
Lemnos,
21
Leon
Gambetta (French ship), 321
Levant,
271
Liberal
administration, xii-xiii, 1, 31, 70, 437, 519
Liberal
Foreign Affairs Committee, 492
Libreville,
162, 530
Libya,
317
Lichnowsky,
Prince. German Ambassador in London, 1912-4. 407, 412-3, 415, 419, 434, 436,
438-40, 442-3, 454, 460-1, 472, 477, 491
Liège,
190-2, 417, 481
Lieven,
Prince. Head of Russian Admiralty Staff. 297-8
Ligurian
coast, 341
Lion
(British battle cruiser), 54, 345
Lissa,
battle of, 340
Lloyd,
George Ambrose (later 1st
Baron) [1879-1941]. Honorary Attaché, Constantinople, 1905-7. 436, 444, 453
Lloyds,
215
Lord
Chancellor, 196, 277
Lord
Mayor’s Dinner, 160
Lord
Nelson (British
semi-dreadnought), 52-3, 264, 273, 289
Loreburn,
Lord (Robert Threshie Reid) [1846-1923]. Lord Chancellor, 1905-12. 188, 195-7,
202-4, 277, 508, 515, 533
Lorraine,
552, 554
Lowry,
Captain. President of the [Naval] War College. 97
Lowther,
Sir G. A. [1858-1916].
British Minister at Tangier, 1905-8; Ambassador at Constantinople, 1908-13. 322,
330
Lucerne,
210
Luxembourg
(Luxemburg), 168, 451, 460, 480, 553-4
“Luxury
Fleet”, 237
Lyncker,
General von, 419
Lyttelton,
Hon. Sir Neville, General,
Chief of the General Staff, War Office, 1904-8. 529
Maddalena,
342
Madrid,
152
Mahommedan
(Mahometan), 219, 287
Majestic
class (British pre-dreadnoughts), 273
Malay,
Federated States of, 290, 343, 359
Malaya
(British dreadnought), 343, 359
Mallet,
Sir Louis du Pan
[1864-1936]. Private Secretary to Sir Edward Grey, 1905-6; Senior Clerk, 1906-7;
Assistant Under-Secretary of State for Foreign Affairs, 1907-13; Ambassador at
Constantinople, 1913-14. 29
Malmedy,
193
Malta,
8-10, 12-13, 21, 24-8, 80, 99, 102, 187, 220-2, 242, 244-8, 257-8, 261-5, 267,
269-75, 278-9, 284-7, 289, 292, 294-6, 300, 315, 319-22, 325, 330, 335-6, 338,
344-6, 365, 385, 387-8, 394, 422, 424, 471, 479, 541-2, 548
Manchester
Guardian, 160-1, 368, 414
Manchester,
160
Manoeuvres,
5, 12, 81, 174, 185, 286, 314-5, 330, 334-5, 344-5, 377, 532
Mansion
House speech, 160, 164, 193
Marder,
Arthur. Naval historian. 20, 48
Marginalia
by Kaiser, 443
Marinecommandant,
122, 372
Marinesektion,
340
Marmarice,
99
Marne,
555
Mary,
Queen, 242
Massacres,
Italian, 219
Masterman,
Charles [1874-1927] Financial Secretary to the Treasury, 1912; Chancellor of the
Duchy of Lancaster with seat in Cabinet, 1914-5. 360, 370, 464, 479
Masterton-Smith,
James Edward [1878-1938].
Private Secretary to the First Lord of the Admiralty, 1910-17. 260, 335
Mauberge,
169, 417, 552, 556
McKenna,
Reginald [1863-1943].
Liberal MP, 1895-1918. First Lord of the Admiralty, 1908-11; Home Secretary,
1911-5; Chancellor of the Exchequer, 1915-6. 98, 100, 106-7, 109, 111-13, 130,
132, 153, 163, 166-8, 170-1, 174-6, 183-4, 186, 200-2, 211, 213, 246, 269-70,
273-8, 280, 284-6, 288, 293-6, 302, 320, 365-70, 405, 409, 417, 444, 461, 464-5,
467, 477, 479, 534, 541-2
Mediterranean
Committee, 45-6
Mediterranean
Squadron, see, British Mediterranean Squadron
Mediterranean,
11, 46, 49, 104, 113, 126, 128, 141, 143, 151-2, 156, 162, 197, 219-221, 226,
232, 248, 260, 263, 270, 275, 278-9, 302, 314, 317, 340, 343, 347, 349-50, 356,
358, 362, 364, 372-4, 376, 379, 393, 423, 446, 469, 475, 527, 532, 539, 544-5,
554, 558-9
Mercantile
marine, 6
Mercier
de Lostende, Capitaine de
Vaisseau (later Contre-Amiral) [1860-1950]. French Naval Attaché at London,
1905-11; 1916-18. 79, 100-1, 184
Mersina,
333-4
Messimy.
French Minister of War. 475-6
Messina,
341, 476, 503, 505
Methodology,
historical, xiv, 356
Metternich,
Count Paul von Wolff-,
German Ambassador at London, 1901-12. 110, 142-3, 156-7, 159, 163-4, 239-42, 245
Metz,
417
Meuse
River, 165, 190, 553
Mézières,
552-4
Mikasa
(Japanese battleship), 46
Milazzo,
341
Military
commitment, 67, 189, 190, 523
Military
conventions, 78-9, 196, 203, 399, 494, 508, 520, 533, 535, 551, 555
Military
conversations, 6, 81-2, 143, 250, 395, 525
Military
conversations, see Conversations, naval and military
Military
strategy, vi, 190, 257, 441, 532, 556
Milne,
Admiral Sir Archibald
Berkeley [1855-1938]. Second in command, Atlantic Fleet, 1905; second in
command, Channel, 1908; commanded 2nd division, Home Fleet, 1909-10;
Commander-in-Chief of the Mediterranean Squadron, 1912-4. 245-6, 319-20, 322,
324, 330-5, 338, 340, 342, 344-5, 387, 394, 415, 422-4, 426, 470-1, 473, 479,
503-5
Minefields,
21, 555
Minelayer,
452
Minister
of Marine (French), 10, 23, 102, 126-7, 185-6, 188, 222, 265-6, 474
Minister
of Marine (Russian), 297, 398
Minister
of Marine (Turkish), 358
Minotaur
(British heavy cruiser), 52-3
Mittelmeerdivision
(see also
Goeben, Breslau), 321, 351, 422, 448, 451, 470-1, 552
Mobilization,
xii, 10, 22, 69, 73, 132, 137, 167-8, 188, 193, 239-40, 285, 291, 332, 342, 347,
407, 410, 413, 416, 419, 422, 436-9, 449, 475-6, 490, 497, 499, 502, 504, 529,
555
Mogador,
29-30, 151-2, 162, 191
Molde,
158
Moltke
(German battle cruiser), 54, 345
Moltke,
Filed Marshal Helmuth von [1848-1916]. 134, 195, 418-9, 461
Monis.
French Premier. 152-3
Montecuccoli,
Admiral Rudolf Count, Chief of the Austrian Naval Department (or Marine
Commandant). 122-4
Montenegro,
335
Montmedy,
554
Moore,
Admiral Sir Archibald Gordon
[1862-1934]. Naval assistant to Admiral Fisher, 1907-8; Director of Naval
Ordnance and Torpedoes, 1909-12; Third Sea Lord, 1912-14; Commander of the 2nd
Battle Cruiser Squadron, 1914. 391, 424
Morley,
John, Viscount Morley
[1838-1923]. Liberal MP, 1883-1908. Secretary of State for India, 1905-10; Lord
President of the Council, 1910-4. 145, 160, 165, 170, 188, 195, 197, 202-3, 257,
284, 287, 404, 407, 441, 452-3, 462-6, 476-8, 480, 489-91, 502, 528, 534, 536,
556
Moroccan
crisis, xi, 32, 65, 67, 99, 153, 325, 493
Morocco,
iv, 25, 28-9, 31, 80-1, 99, 103, 143-4, 151, 155-7, 161-2, 191-2, 196, 198, 317,
516-8, 523-4
Müller,
Admiral Georg von [1854-1940] Chief of the German Naval Cabinet from 1908. 137
Müller,
Captain von. German Naval Attaché in London. 379
Mulliner,
H. H. Managing Director of the Coventry Ordnance Works. 105-6
Murray,
General Sir Archibald [1860-1945]. Director of Military Training. 166, 176
Namur,
190-2, 481, 554
Nancy,
477
Naples,
246, 260, 262, 341, 345
Napoleon,
21, 162, 530, 550
Nassau
class (German battleships), 50
Nauplia,
321
Naval
conversations, see Conversations, naval and military
Naval
Defence Act, 5
Naval
Estimates, see British Naval Estimates
Naval
Holiday, 242, 245
Naval
Limitation, 235, 241-2
Naval
strategy, 27, 71, 81, 96, 131, 161, 278, 296, 525
Navalist
press, 56
Navies,
see under individual country
Navy
League, 56, 113
Navy
War Council, 132
Negotiations,
25, 136, 138, 140, 142-3, 151, 157, 163-4, 191, 196, 219, 232, 240-1, 243, 245,
297-8, 302, 309, 319, 340, 398-9, 436, 447, 505, 543, 545
Nelson,
Admiral Lord Horatio, 21
New
Zealand (British battle
cruiser), 345-6, 422
New
Zealand, 1, 257, 275, 290
Nicholas
II [1868-1918]. Emperor of Russia, 1894-1917. 395, 436
Nicholson,
Field Marshal Sir William
Gustavus (since 1912, 1st Baron) [1845-1918]. Chief of the Imperial General
Staff, 1908-12. 166-7, 170, 173-4, 176, 191, 194, 529
Nickel
steel, 3
Nicolson,
Sir Arthur (Baron Carnock)
[1849-1928]. British Ambassador at Madrid, 1905-6; at St Petersburg, 1906-10;
Permanent Under-Secretary of State for Foreign Affairs, 1910-16. 136, 138-41,
145, 155-60, 164, 198, 236, 238, 245, 249-52, 258, 260, 262, 266, 269-73, 278-9,
284, 300, 314, 316, 320, 322, 330, 331, 396-8, 410-2, 416, 421, 425, 435-8, 440,
445-7, 490, 500, 506-7, 516, 537-9, 542, 544, 549-51, 555
Nigeria,
287
Nish,
410
Nore,
57
Northbrook.
First Lord of the Admiralty. 2-3
Northcliffe,
Lord (Alfred Harmsworth) [1865-1922]. Proprietor of The Times. 414
Northumberland,
73, 79
Norwegian
coast, 159, 451
Novelle,
226, 232-3, 236, 240, 242, 245, 274, 277, 291
Offensive
alliance, 13, 74, 137, 191, 241, 268, 517, 520
Oil,
335, 360, 375, 377
Oilfields,
374
Oran,
474
Ottley,
Rear-Admiral Sir Charles
Langley [1858-1932]. Director of Naval Intelligence, 1905-7, Secretary of the
Committee of Imperial Defence, 1907-12; Director of Armstrong, Whitworth &
Company, 1912-7. 30, 65-6, 69, 71-3, 79, 100, 103, 109, 130-1, 166, 192, 211,
213-4, 216-8, 220, 224, 247, 312
Ottoman
empire, 317
Painlevé.
Reporter on the French Estimates, 265
Pakenham,
Captain (later Admiral Sir)
William [1861-1933]. Present as observer at Tsushima, 1904; Fourth Sea Lord,
1911; Rear-Admiral commanding 3rd Cruiser Squadron, Home Fleet, 1913. 43-4,
46-7, 59
Palermo,
345
Pall
Mall Gazette, 3, 293
Panouse.
French Military Attaché in London, 1914. 439
Panther
(German gunboat), 152, 156-7, 163
Panthersprung,
197, 530
Parliamentary
Commission (French), 126
Parsimony,
2, 4, 536
Parson’s
turbines, 51
Patrol
zones, 101, 185, 222, 258, 340
Pease,
Joseph Albert [1860-1943]. Liberal Chief Whip, 1908-10; Chancellor, Duchy of
Lancaster, 1910-1; President of the Board of Education, 1911-5. 98, 141, 460,
463-4, 466, 476-7, 480
Pelletan,
Camille, French Minister of
Marine, 1902-5. 13, 23-4
Persia,
1, 136, 139, 220, 316, 397, 534, 559
Petit
Parisien, 126
Petropavlovsk
(Russian ship), 43
Philippeville,
448, 503
Picard,
M Alfred. French Minister of Marine. 102, 126-7
Pichon,
M. Stephan, French Minister
for Foreign Affairs, 1906-11. 102, 335
Place
Vendome, 332
Plan
A1 (British), 92
Plan
XVI (French), 325, 552
Plan
XVII (French), xii, 171, 475, 551, 553-4, 556-7
Poë,
Admiral Sir Edmund. Commander-in-Chief, Mediterranean 1910. 153, 222, 246
Pohl,
Admiral Hugo von, Chief of
the German Admiralty Staff, 1914. 448
Poincaré,
M. Raymond Nicolas Landry
[1860-1934]. French Minister for Finance, 1906; Prime Minister and Minister for
Foreign Affairs, 1912-3, 1922-4, 1926-9; President of the French Republic,
1913-20. 249, 266, 308-11, 316, 318-9, 546-8, 554
Pola,
295, 422
Pollen,
Arthur Hungerford, 20, 35-6, 133
Polyphemus
(proposed class of British semi-submersible craft), 388-9, 391
Pomerania,
398
Ponsonby,
Arthur Augustus William Harry [1871-1946]. Private Secretary to
Campbell-Bannerman, 1906-8; Liberal M.P., 1908-18. 467, 492, 497, 501-2, 504,
509, 515
Porch,
Douglas, 171
Port
Arthur, 22, 43, 46, 49, 297
Porte,
see Sublime Porte
Portland,
9, 159, 422
Portsmouth,
16, 89, 132, 266-7
Potsdam,
419
Prasa
Island firing experiments, 45
Pre-Dreadnoughts,
263-5, 273-4, 315, 473, 548
Preparations,
naval and military, 4, 75, 78, 212, 235
Princess
Royal (British battle
cruiser), 345
Prinetti/Barrère
agreement of 1902, 349
Prussia,
460
Prussian
General Staff, 134
Pumperneel,
Captain René. French Naval Attaché, London. 172, 184, 221
Quai
d'Orsay, 349, 399
Queen
Anne's Gate, London, 438
Queen
Elizabeth class (British
dreadnoughts), 359, 377, 391
Queen
Mary (British battle
cruiser), 345
Radetzky
(Austrian battleship), 365, 367
Radicalism,
415, 479
Radicals,
vii, 106-7, 109-10, 159, 196, 202, 221, 232, 309, 361, 363, 366, 369, 375, 414,
480, 533-4, 536, 547
Railway
network, 173, 407
Railways,
529, 553
Raouf,
Bey. Turkish naval commander. 446
Rapprochement,
4, 11, 31, 136, 406
Reciprocity,
251, 538
Redisposition
of forces, 450
Redistribution,
5, 22, 27, 31, 258-9
Reduction
of Armaments Committee, 56
Refit,
346
Regina
Elenas class (Italian
battleships), 113
Reichstag,
97, 111, 234, 236, 553
Reigate
Priory, 210, 220
Reina
Regente (Spanish ship), 321
Repington,
see A’Court-Repington
Reshadieh
(Turkish dreadnought), 357, 391, 424
Resignations
from the Cabinet, 436, 440, 452-3, 489, 502
Retardation
of naval building, 127, 143, 243, 373
Revolution,
99, 140, 329
Rhine,
91, 420
Rhône,
339
Ricardo,
Captain Arthur. British naval observer, Russo-Japanese War. 43-4
Richmond,
Captain (later Admiral Sir)
Herbert William [1871-1946]. Assistant Director of the Operations Division,
Admiralty, 1913-5. 129
Riddell,
Lord George Allardice [1865-1934]. Chairman, News of the World. 210
Ripon,
Marquess of (George Frederick Robinson) [1827-1909]. Lord Privy Seal, leader of
the Liberal Party in the House of Lords, 1905-8. 76
Roberts,
Field Marshal Lord Frederick Sleigh [1832-1914]. President of the National
Service League from 1905. 96
Robertson,
William Robert [1860-1933]. Assistant Director of Military Operations, 1901-7;
Brigadier-General, General Staff, Aldershot, 1907-10; Commandant, Staff College,
1910-3; Director of Military Training, 1913-4. 67, 551
Rodd,
Sir James Rennell
[1858-1941]. British Ambassador at Rome, 1908-21. 337, 349-51
Rolls-Royce,
361
Rome,
125, 337, 349, 410
Rotislav
(Russian ship), 321
Rotterdam,
420
Roumania,
198, 447
Royal
Marines, 11, 173
Runciman,
Walter [1870-1949]. Liberal
MP [1899-1900, 1902-18, 1924-31; National MP, 1931-7. President of the Board of
Agriculture and Fisheries, 1911-4; President of the Board of Trade, 1914-6.
460-2, 464, 466, 477-9, 481
Russian
Army, 407, 419
Russian
mobilization, 416, 419, 436, 438
Russian
Navy, 5-6, 22-3, 28, 30, 34, 43, 46-7, 52, 65, 138, 297-8, 310, 333, 342, 397.
See also, Baltic Fleet, Black Sea Fleet
Russo-German
relations, 139, 400, 439
Russo-Japanese
War, 22, 28, 30, 35, 49-50
Ryan,
Captain. 262-3
Saalwachter,
Commander Alfred. German Navy. 340
Saffi,
191
Saint-Seine,
Capitaine de vaisseau Jean
Charles Just Bénigne de [1865-1954]. French Naval Attaché in London, 1911-6.
221-2, 259, 290, 298-300, 331-2, 393, 425-6, 472-3, 502-3, 543
Salisbury,
The 3rd Marquis of
[1830-1903]. Secretary of State for Foreign Affairs, 1895-1900; Prime Minister,
1895-1902. 9, 13
Salonica320-1,
333
Samuel,
Herbert Louis [1870-1963].
Postmaster-General, 1910-4; President of the Local Government Board, 1914-5.
360, 365, 371, 405, 408-9, 418, 420, 441-2, 464-6, 476-9, 481, 491, 501
San
Giuliano, Marquis di,
Italian Minister for Foreign Affairs, 1905-6; Ambassador at London, 1906-10.
197, 343, 349-51
Sandars,
Jack. Balfour’s political private secretary. 68
Sanderson,
Sir Thomas H. (later Lord
Sanderson), Permanent Under-Secretary of State for Foreign Affairs, 1894-1906.
74-5, 77-8, 517-8, 520-1
Sarajevo,
386, 400, 406
Sardinia,
324
Sazonov,
M. Sergei Dmitrievich
[1866-1927]. Councillor of Russian Embassy at London, 1904-6; Agent to the
Vatican, 1906-9; Russian Minister for Foreign Affairs, 1910-6. 309-10, 316,
394-5, 398, 412
Scheldt,
90
Schillighorn,
173
Schleswig
Holstein, v, 29, 65-6, 72, 519
Scotland,
76, 163, 165, 182, 191, 198, 286
Scott,
Admiral Sir Percy
[1853-1924]. Captain of the RN Gunnery School, 1903-5; Inspector of Target
Practice, 1905. 45
Scott,
Charles Prestwich [1846-1932]. Editor, Manchester
Guardian, 1872-1929. 160-2, 368-9, 414-5, 479, 495, 530
Scout
cruisers, 342
Scrapping
policy, 22, 32
Scutari,
335, 342
Sebastopol,
12
Secrecy,
97, 100, 171, 187, 250, 347, 357-8, 365
Seely,
John Edward Bernard (later
Lord Mottistone) [1868-1947]. Secretary of State for War, 1912-4. 277, 284-5,
347, 504
Selborne,
Earl of [1859-1929]. First
Lord of the Admiralty, 1900-5. 13-16, 20, 22-3, 26-7, 33-4, 48-9, 55, 63-4
Selves,
M. de, French Minister for
Foreign Affairs, 1911-2. 155
Semi-submersible
class, see Polyphemus
Senate,
Canadian, 292-3, 345, 364, 366
Senate,
French, 144, 528
Serbia,
Servia, 407-8, 413, 415-6, 494
Serbian
mobilization, 410
Serbian
reply to Austria, 409, 413
Seydlitz
(German battle cruiser), 345
Shannon
(British heavy cruiser), 289, 346
Shipbuilding,
35, 54-5, 91, 107-9, 111, 126, 226, 234, 269, 292, 343, 349, 360
Shipyards,
11, 105, 358
Sicily,
504
Siebert,
Bernt von (German spy in Russian Embassy). 398
Simon,
Sir John Allsebrook
[1873-1954]. Liberal MP, 1906-18, 1922-31. Solicitor-General, 1910-3;
Attorney-General with a seat in the Cabinet, 1913-15. 370-1, 441-2, 452-3, 460,
464-5, 476-8, 480-1, 489-91, 501-2
Singapore,
26
Slade,
Vice-Admiral Sir Edmond John
Warre [1859-1928]. Director of Naval Intelligence, 1907-8; attached to the
Commission on Oil Fuel Supplies, 1912-4. 89-91, 94, 96-7, 100, 129, 133, 211,
213, 374
Smith,
Frederick Edwin [1872-1930]. Conservative MP, 1906-18. 436, 449
Smyrna,
321
Socialist
Party, 407
Socialists,
ix, 467
Souchon,
Rear-Admiral Wilhelm
[1864-1933]. Commander of the German Mediterranean Squadron, October 1913-August
1914. Appointed Commander-in-Chief of the Turkish Navy, September 1914. 448, 503
Spain,
25, 122, 152, 156, 248, 271, 321, 422
Spencer,
John Poyntz [1835-1910]. First Lord of the Admiralty, 1892-5. 6, 9
Spender,
John Alfred [1862-1942]. Journalist and author. Editor, Westminster Gazette, 1896-1922. 210, 266
Spithead,
288, 290-1, 409, 422
Spolato,
335
Spy
in Russian Embassy, xiii, 398
St
Angelo, 388
St
Petersburg, (Petersburgh), 136, 139, 155, 298, 307, 309, 397-9, 406, 409-10,
413, 416, 505
Stabilimento
Tecnico, Trieste, 122-3, 386
Stamfordham,
Baron (Arthur John Bigge)
[1849-1931]. Private Secretary to Prince George, 1901-10; to King George V,
1910-31. 156
Stanley,
Beatrice Venetia
[1887-1948]. A cousin of Clementine Churchill and Asquith’s confidante. 418,
420, 468, 490, 502
Steed,
Henry Wickham [1871-1956]. Foreign correspondent, The Times, 1896-1913; head of foreign department, The
Times, 1914-19. 437, 500
Stevenson,
Frances, 465
Strassburg
(German cruiser), 334, 338
Strategy
Committee, 97
Strategy
of numerical superiority, 5
Sturdee,
Rear-Admiral Sir Frederick
Charles Doveton [1859-1925]. Assistant Director of Naval Intelligence, 1900-2;
Rear-Admiral, Home Fleet, 1909-10; Chief of the Admiralty War Staff, 1914;
Commander-in-Chief of the 4th Battle Squadron, 1915-8. 211, 469-72, 502
Sturm
ünd drang, 140
Sublime
Porte, 8, 321, 425, 447
Submarines,
xiii, 20-1, 23, 27-8, 33, 49, 72-3, 70, 101, 173, 222, 261, 265, 269, 271, 286,
290, 314, 320, 325, 343, 356-9, 362-3, 372, 374, 376-8, 386-8, 390-1, 470
Submersibles,
388, 391
Substitution
policy, xiv, 356-9, 365, 370, 374, 386-9, 392
Suchomel,
Lieutenant Commander Alfred. Austrian Navy. 340
Suda
Bay, 321
Sudan,
10
Suez
Canal, 1, 10, 21, 28, 92, 101-2, 143, 176, 248, 257, 266, 271, 325, 342
Suffolk
(British cruiser), 263, 286, 313
Suffren
(French battleship), 474
Sultan
of Turkey, 139, 151
Sultan
Osman (Turkish dreadnought),
357, 391, 424, 446
Sumida,
Jon. xiii, 20, 45, 392
Supplementary
naval bill (German), 226, 240-1
Supplementary
Naval Estimates (British), 239, 364-5, 367, 371
Supreme
Council of National defence, 473
Surtees,
Colonel H. C. Military
Attaché to the British Embassy at Constantinople and the Legation at Athens,
1905-9. 105-6
Sweden,
139
Switzerland,
125, 491
Sydenham,
1st Baron, see Clarke.
Syracuse,
335
Syria,
333, 344
Tactics,
xiv, 33, 35, 93, 131, 212, 392
Talbot,
Lord Edmund, 453
Tangier,
28-9, 517
Taranto,
184, 298, 331, 341
Tariff
reform, 31
Taxation,
3, 10, 126, 362, 371
Tegetthoff
(Austrian dreadnought), 393
Telegraphy,
360
Tempo
of naval building, 97, 142, 226, 233-4, 236-7, 240, 292, 378, 537
Terraine,
John, 522-3, 535-6
Territorial
ambitions, 351 (Italian), 420 (German)
Territorial
compensation, 152
Territorial
Force, 175-6
Tewfik
Pasha, Ahmed [1845-1936].
Turkish Minister for Foreign Affairs [1895-1909; Grand Vizier, 1909; Ambassador
at London, 1909-14. 446-7
Thames,
452
Thetford,
288
Thomson,
G. M., 556
Thomson,
Gaston. French Minister of Marine. 127
Tibet,
136, 139
Tirpitz,
Grossadmiral Alfred von
[1849-1930]. Secretary of State for the German Navy, 1897-1916. 36, 50, 97-8,
165, 226, 232-4, 236-8, 378, 386, 390, 448, 461
Togo,
Admiral. 44, 49, 52
Tokyo,
43
Torpedo
boats, 3, 5, 22, 28, 73, 92, 101, 341-2, 359, 367, 475, 525
Torpedoes,
2, 21, 33, 43, 47-9, 72, 192, 220, 263, 269, 271, 277, 286, 299, 315, 320, 357,
363, 365, 377, 388-9, 392, 470, 541, 543, 548
Toul,
554
Toulon,
1, 4-6, 8-10, 12, 23, 80, 102, 184-6, 221, 331, 341, 345, 394, 437, 473, 476,
524, 533
Trafalgar
Day, 16
Trafalgar
Square, ix, 467
Trafalgar,
10
Transportation
of troops, 73, 154, 167-8, 171, 173, 286, 332, 342, 394, 415, 422-4, 451-2, 471,
473-6, 503-5
Trapani,
341
Treasury,
312
Treaty
of Berlin, 139
Trevelyan,
Charles Philips [1870-1958]. Liberal MP, 1899-1918. 492, 501
Trier,
553
Trieste,
122-4, 386
Triple
Alliance, 30, 112, 128, 186, 191, 198, 248-9, 261, 264, 266, 270, 280, 285, 307,
309-10, 317, 337-9, 341, 349-51, 413, 496, 537
Tripoli,
8, 197-8, 219, 248, 266, 329, 339
Troubridge,
Rear-Admiral (later Admiral
Sir) Ernest Charles Thomas [1860-1926]. Naval Attaché, Vienna, Madrid, Tokyo,
1901-4; Private Secretary to the First Lord, 1911; Chief of the Admiralty War
Staff, 1912; Commander of the 1st Cruiser Squadron, Mediterranean, 1912-4; Head
of the British Naval Mission to Serbia, 1915-16. 43-4, 46, 52, 218-9, 225, 242,
247, 252, 266-8, 270, 273, 278, 284, 290, 295-6, 299, 312-3, 323-4, 348, 358,
422, 470, 473
Trummler,
Rear-Admiral. Commanded the Mittelmeerdivision,
1912-13. 321, 333-4
Tsushima,
30-1, 34, 47, 49, 52, 297
Tunis,
8
Turbines,
35, 50-1
Turco-German
Treaty, 447
Turco-Italian
War, 198, 251, 266, 317
Turkey,
1, 13, 99, 122, 128, 139, 140, 171, 197-8, 219, 248-9, 261, 287, 307, 320, 330,
395, 425, 447, 505
Turkish
Navy, 297, 307, 357-8, 391, 397, 424. See also, Sultan Osman, Reshadieh
Tweedmouth,
Baron (Edward Marjoribanks) [1849-1909]. First Lord of the Admiralty, 1905-8.
31, 56, 95, 97-8
Two
keels to one, 233, 236
Tyne,
425
Tyrol,
131
Tyrrell,
Sir William George
[1866-1947]. Senior Clerk in the British Foreign Office, Private Secretary to
Sir E. Grey, 1907-15. 160, 411-2, 436, 438-40, 442
Ulster,
407-8
Understanding
Unofficial
talks, 74-5, 93, 520, 545
Venerable
(British battleship) firing experiments, 45-6
Venice,
335
Verdun,
169, 417, 554
Verner,
Commander Rudolf. Royal Navy. 336
Vickers,
391
Victor
Hugo (French ship), 321
Victoria
Station, 260
Vienna,
249, 307, 339-40, 344, 349, 351, 325
Villaine,
Gaudin de. French Senator. 81-2
Viribus
unitis (Austrian ship), 123,
321, 393
Volkov,
Captain. Russian Naval Attaché in London. 398
von
der Tann (German battle
cruiser), 54, 345
Wangenheim,
Baron Hans Freiherr von
[1859-1915]. German Ambassador at Constantinople, 1912-15. 333, 447-8
Wangeroog,
173
Wargrave
Manor, 453
Warrior
(British heavy cruiser), 52, 313
Waterplanes,
290
Watson,
Captain Hugh. British Naval Attaché in Berlin. 334
Waverers
in British Cabinet, 434, 444, 453, 478, 489
Weser
River, 66
Western
basin of Mediterranean, 28, 92, 101-2, 221, 262, 280, 298, 300, 526
Westminster
Gazette, 266
Weymouth
(British heavy cruiser), 321
Weymouth,
48
Whale
Island, 45
Whitaker’s
Almanac, 91
White,
Sir William. Director of Naval Construction. 51
Whitehall,
8, 211, 270, 449, 491
Whitehead
torpedo, 48
Wilhelm
II, [1859-1941] German Emperor, 1888-1918. 11, 28-9, 63, 97-8, 105, 125-6, 152,
158-9, 164, 232, 234, 236, 239-41, 244-5, 314, 334, 338, 419, 436, 438, 443,
448, 517
Wilhelmshaven,
105, 172, 187, 291
Williamson,
Samuel R., 71, 521, 545, 551, 554
Wilson,
Admiral Sir Arthur Knyvet
[1842-1921]. Commander-in-Chief of the Home and Channel Fleets, 1901-7; First
Sea Lord, 1910-11; employed at the Admiralty in an unofficial capacity
throughout the war. Vii, 65, 92, 96, 132-3, 164, 166-7, 170-4, 176, 183-4, 186,
188, 194, 215-7, 221, 284, 288, 532-3
Wilson,
General Sir Henry Hughes
[1864-1922]. Director of Military Operations, 1910-4; chief liaison officer with
the French Army, 1915. Vi, xi-xiii, 104, 159, 164-6, 168-72, 176, 188-95, 204,
247, 252-3, 266, 275, 277, 284, 287-8, 293, 296, 308, 313, 396, 409, 416-7,
419-21, 437, 439, 453, 461, 490, 527, 531-3, 536, 540, 546, 551, 556-7
Wilson,
Trevor, 412, 523, 551
Wireless
Telegraphy, 185, 340, 360
Withdrawal
from Mediterranean, see British withdrawal from Mediterranean
Wolff,
Theodor. Editor of the Berliner Tageblatt,
398, 406
Wood,
Thomas McKinnon [1855-1927]. Secretary of State for Scotland with a seat in the
Cabinet, 1912-6. 464, 476-7, 489
XIXth
Army Corps, 242, 325, 332, 342, 351, 392, 448, 473, 475-6
Zeit,
372
Zone
of concentration, 553-4
Zones
of action, 101-2, 184-5, 222, 258, 340, 533
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