Acceleration scare, see German building programme Ahlefeld, Hunold von, 97, 145, 147 airships accidents to, 507–9, 522–4 attack on Britain by, 467–8 invasion by, 225 Parseval type, 349, 351, 352, 353, 354, 355, 359, 370, 397–401, 451, 463, 494, 495 report on by Commercial Attaché, 433–5 Schütte-Lanz type, 462–4 Siemens-Schuckert type, 254, 348–9, 350, 351, 354, 355, 359, 368, 397, 398, 400 target practice from, 537 Zeppelin type, 196, 206, 248, 267, 349, 350–51, 352–4, 355, 358, 368, 397–401, 414, 448–52, 460, 463, 464–8, 492–5, 534–5 Algeciras conference, 134, 135 Allenby, Reginald Arthur, xvi, 1, 2–5 anglophobia (German), 9, 36–7, 90–91, 124–5, 126–7, 130, 135, 139–41, 168–70, 182, 346, 376, 404, 474 Balfour, Arthur James, 4, 162 Baltic, xxi, 5–7, 64, 70, 75–82, 135, 150, 167, 206, 221, 268, 332–3, 542, 543 Bannerman, Sir Alexander, 352, 353, 354 Barr and Stroud, 17 Bashford, James Laidlay, 4, 87, 95–6, 97 Bassermann, Ernst, 127, 306 Battenberg, Prince Louis of, 157 Baudissin, Friedrich, 145, 235, 248 Bebel, August, 127, 132 Bell, Moberly, 2 Belts, the, 62, 64, 65, 70, 75, 77–80, 93–4, 147, 177 Bendemann, Admiral Felix von, 89 Beresford, Lord Charles, 164 Berlin–Baghdad Railway, 35 Bethell, Alexander, 270, 271 Bethmann Hollweg, Theobald von, 298, 378 Bismarck, Otto von, xiii, 448 blockade, 65–6, 526 Borkum, 68 Boy-Ed, Karl, 88, 427 Brandon, Vivian, xxiii, 275, 311 Bowles, Gibson, 289 Brassey, Lord, 441 Breusing, Alfred, 89, 147, 541 Büchsel, Admiral Wilhelm, 50, 62, 89, 96, 145 Bülow, Bernhard von, xiii, 106, 139, 161–2, 206, 245 Campbell-Bannerman, Sir Henry, 34, 58 Canadian support for Royal Navy, 468–73, 476–7, 498–9, 500, 501, 512, 513, 531–2 China, 200–201, 210, 428 Churchill, Winston, 379–80, 391–2, 394, 405, 408, 425, 428, 471, 481, 490, 500–502, 533, 538, 539, 542, 543 Coerper, Admiral Karl, 59, 146–7, 229 Colsmann, Alfred, 353 consuls, xvi–vii, xix–xx, 52, 53, 56, 142, 147, 177 Dambrowski, Hans von, 282 Dawson, Sir Trevor, xviii Declaration of London, 301, 306–7, 360–62 Delcassé, Théophile, 4 Denmark, 5–7, 69, 75, 77, 78–82, 93–4, 135, 144, 177, 332–5 destroyers (German), 15, 17–18, 24, 30, 44, 47–8, 49, 55, 60, 64, 76, 78, 81, 149, 159, 190, 195, 201, 274, 276–7, 284, 286, 296, 332, 334, 335, 341, 343, 344, 345, 346, 362, 372, 373, 378, 561 INDEX Note: This index should be used in conjunction with Appendix 1, which provides a complete list of the reports by Dumas, Heath, Watson and Henderson that are contained in this volume. Included in this list is the topic of each report. As a result, this information will not be duplicated in the index and there will be no separate entries for these four naval attachés. NJ566 Index 20/7/07 10:14 am Page 561 430, 453, 461–2, 491–2, 493, 497, 505–6, 517, 518, 525; (Greek), 14, 26; (Russian), 15, 23, 26, 28, 145; (Turkish), 298 documents, preservation and destruction of, xxvii–xxxiii Dolgorouki, Prince, 83, 159–61 Edward VII, King, 211, 260 Elia, Emanuele, 213 Ellmers, H., xxix engineering officers (German), status of, 4, 7, 44, 158, 224, 226, 230, 297, 431, 455–6 Erhardt Company, 48, 326 Eversley, Lord, 35 exchange of naval information (AngloGerman), 152–4, 271, 274, 303–4, 325, 326, 363–7 Fischel, Max von, 146, 235, 236 Fisher, Sir John Arbuthnot, xxii, xxxiv,13 Flint Channel, 5–7 France, 2–3, 6, 32, 34, 57, 58, 59, 63, 64, 77, 78, 79, 80, 83, 86, 87, 132, 136, 145, 166, 167, 169, 170, 174, 176, 177, 178, 179, 182, 205, 302, 336, 445, 447, 531 Gädke, Lt.-Col., 197–8, 243, 308 Galster, Karl, 197, 204 Gamble, Sir Douglas, 219 Garvin, James Louis, 3 German building programme, acceleration of, 187, 195, 196, 209, 210, 213, 214–17, 223, 232, 237–9, 250, 265–6, 291–3, 321–2, 507, 509–10 ‘German Naval Expansionist Party’, 308, 323, 331–2, 347, 376, 380–5, 387, 388, 403, 406, 409, 413, 416, 418, 470, 471–2, 473–80, 484, 488, 490, 498–500, 503 Gleichen, Edward, xxii Goltz, Colmar von der, 457 Goschen, Lord, 35 Goschen, Sir Edward, xix, xxxv,503 Grey, Sir Edward, 25, 503, 542, 548 Hague Conference, 32, 58, 93, 135 Hahnke, Wilhelm von, 92–3, 128 Haldane, Richard, 391, 501 Hall, William Reginald, xviii Heeringen, August von, 146 Henry (Heinrich), Prince of Prussia, 11, 74, 109, 145, 146, 164, 185–6, 190, 212, 221–2, 234, 236, 263, 299, 311, 318, 359, 414, 445, 446–8, 449, 528–30, 535 Higham, Robin, xxxii Hipper, Franz von, 491 Holland, 25 Hollmann, Friedrich, 108 Hollweg, Karl, 423, 425, 427, 438 Holtzendorff, Henning von, 146, 235, 236, 279, 281, 282, 285, 311, 444 Hood, Horace, 286 Howard, Henry, 25 Howard, William L., 82, 98 Huetten Works, 45 invasion of Britain by Germany, 52–6, 133, 141–3, 159–61, 165, 179–80, 458 Japan, 58, 85, 94, 97–8, 132, 148, 170, 185 Jellicoe, Sir John, xxi Johnstone, Sir Alan, 7 Jonquières, Fauques de, 82 Keim, August, 92, 128–31, 139 Kerr, Mark, xvii Kiel Canal, xviii, xxiii, 6, 32, 52, 64, 70, 75, 77, 81, 127, 138, 144, 147, 157, 179, 228, 267, 282, 284, 334, 515 Kieler Woche (Kiel Regatta), xxi, 229–30, 260–61, 263, 442–6, 448, 455, 504–5, 541–5 Kiel, visit of British squadron to (1914), 541–5 Knorr, Admiral Eduard von, 89 Koester, Hans von, 11, 288, 291, 295, 300, 307, 317–18, 330, 335, 336, 341, 404, 439–40, 458, 496–7, 526 Krosigk, Günther von, 276 Krupp of Essen, 28, 29, 30, 38–9, 44, 45, 46–7, 48, 51, 61–2, 99–103, 149, 200, 209, 234, 253, 258, 267, 299, 326, 344, 516 Kuhlwetter, Captain, 405, 425, 490 Lans, Wilhelm, 165–6, 186, 222, 279, 282 ‘Large Navy Party’, see ‘German Naval Expansionist Party’ Lascelles, Sir Frank, xvi, xix, xxxv, 3 Leonhart, Dr, 297, 300–301 Levetzow, Magnus von, 334 Lichnowsky, Karl Max von, 503 Lieber, Ernest, 126 Lloyd George, David, xxii Mahan, Alfred Thayer, 91 Manney, Admiral Henry, 83 manoeuvres (British), 25–6, 51, 166–7, 562 NAVAL INTELLIGENCE FROM GERMANY NJ566 Index 20/7/07 10:14 am Page 562 189–90, 211; (German), 51, 107–10, 147–8, 189–90, 224, 233–4, 236–7, 457–8, 491–2, 516–7 Marconi Company, 50 Marder, Arthur, xxix Marschall von Bieberstein, Adolf, 447 May, Admiral William Henry, 5, 25 McKenna, Reginald, 239, 270, 271, 272, 274, 289, 395, 469, 504, 511 Mediterranean fleet (British), 442–3 merchant ships (British) Lucania, 156 Mauretania, 156 merchant ships (German) Bundesrath, 324 George Washington, 196 Kaiser Wilhelm II, 248 Metternich, Paul Graf von Wolff-, 291–2 Moltke, Helmuth von, 457 Montecuccoli, Rudolf, 285 Moroccan crisis (second), 323–5, 331, 336, 337, 365–6, 374, 378, 383, 387, 511 Müller, Erich von, 500, 503 Müller, Admiral Georg von, 58–9, 145, 212, 278–80, 285, 311, 316–17, 333 Mulliner, H. H., xxii, xxv naval armaments agreement (AngloGerman), 194, 328, 364, 481–7, 533 naval attachés, role and duties of, xxiv–xxvi naval estimates (British), 301–2, 303, 373, 405, 408, 443, 539; (German), (1906), 8–9; (1908), 151–2; (1909), 195, 198–9, 201–2, 206–8; (1910), 239–43; (1911), 294–301; (1912), 340–41, 362–3, 372, 373, 430–32; (1913), 481–8; (1914), 532–3, 534–6; change in publication date of, 325–8, 330, 341–2, 345–7 ‘Naval Holiday’ proposals, 500–504, 529, 533, 536 Navy bill (1900), 136; (1906), 136; (1908), 106–7, 110–25, 131, 136–9, 158–9; (1912), 372–4, 379, 406, 407, 408, 409, 414, 415–8, 419–22, 427–8, 432, 438, 439, 470, 474–6, 498; prospects for new bill (1914), 540–41, 546–7, 548–9 Navy League (Flottenverein), xvi, 8, 10, 11, 12, 36–7, 74, 92–3, 107, 116, 117, 124–5, 126–7, 128–31, 132, 134–5, 139–41, 148, 170, 175, 185, 190–92, 194–5, 198, 204, 210, 216, 255, 295, 296, 308, 317–20, 322–3, 324–5, 329, 335–8, 341, 385, 426, 438–42, 540, 546 newspapers and periodicals (American) New York Herald, 287–8 North American Review, 95 (British) Daily Express, 88 Daily Graphic, 4, 87 Daily Mail, 2, 88, 96, 287, 288 Daily Telegraph, 51, 187, 287, 288 Hampshire Telegraph, 213 Morning Post, 171, 311 National review, 2, 4, 174 Naval and Military Record, 51, 491 Punch, 56 The Globe, 505 The Standard, 13, 171 The Times, xxii, 2, 51, 94, 226 Western Daily Mercury, 51 (German) Alldeutscheblätter, 245 Augsburger Postzeitung, 206 Berliner Allgemeine Zeitung, 356 Berliner Tageblatt, 84, 106, 153, 190, 192, 197, 205, 212, 216, 221, 236, 291, 308, 319, 323, 329–30, 404, 408, 411, 416, 440, 452, 489, 490, 507, 533, 537, 541, 542, 548 Berliner Neueste Nachrichten, 106, 200, 388 Berliner Volks Zeitung, 232 Berliner Zeitung, 233 Chemnitzer Allgemeine Zeitung, 161 Danziger Neueste Nachrichten, 466–8, 497 Deutsche Revue, 542 Deutsche Tageszeitung, 198, 200, 306, 308, 320, 337, 390–97, 406, 488, 490, 539, 543 Deutsches Warte, 233 Deutsche Zeitung, 35, 334, 397, 531–2, 542 Die Flotte, 308, 337 Die Post, 308, 319–20, 337, 388 Die Welt am Montag, 408 Dresdener Nachrichten, 233, 542 Frankfurter Zeitung, 432–5, 539 General Anzeiger, 166 Germania, 36 Hamburger Nachrichten, 33, 34, 337, 543, 546 Hamburgische Korrespondent, 34 Kieler Neueste Nachrichten, xix, 33, 106, 152, 308, 337, 341 Kölnische Volks-Zeitung, 10, 34, 406 Kölnische Zeitung, 33, 106, 232, 332, 406 INDEX 563 NJ566 Index 20/7/07 10:14 am Page 563 Kreuz Zeitung, 34, 319, 497, 543 Leipziger Zeitung, 33 Lokal Anzeiger, 108, 130, 490, 546 Marine Rundschau, xix, 206, 242, 289, 422, 424–5, 427 März, 416 Münchener Post, 540 Münchener Zeitung, 106 National Zeitung, 33, 35 Nauticus, xix, 227, 266, 548 Neuen Revue, 197 Norddeutsche Allgemeine Zeitung (North German Gazette), 192, 289, 295, 362–3, 372, 396, 407 Schlesische Volkszeitung, 31–2 Staatsburger Zeitung, 337 Strassburger Post, 308 Täglische Rundschau, 33, 129, 308, 336, 337, 388, 460 Ueberall, 386–7, 426 Vorwärts, xvi, 106, 223, 291 Vossische Zeitung, 319, 320, 332, 337, 541 Wilhelmshavener Tageblatt, xix, 97–8, 277, 346 (Norwegian) Tidens Tegn, 332 Norway, 332, 334–5 Noske, Gustav, 297, 300 Osborne Naval College, 158 Oppenheimer, Sir Francis, 432–3 Oppersdorff, Hans von, 495–6 Paschen, Karl, 108 Persius, Captain, 356–8, 405–7, 408, 411, 425, 431, 439, 468, 472–3, 490, 533–4, 536, 541, 548–9 personnel (German), destroyer and submarine crews, quality of, 264, 344, 345 officers, observations concerning, 90, 186, 188, 196, 224, 229, 263–4, 345, 517–18 sailors, observations concerning, 188, 224, 264, 518 short service system, 344 Petravic, Julius von, 285 Philby, Kim, xxv Pohl, Hugo von, 146 Press bureau (of German Admiralty), xxiv, 388, 404, 409, 416, 422–7, 438, 446, 474, 489, 511, 526 Prittwitz und Gaffron, Admiral von, 279, 282 Pustau, Eduard von, 467 Raeder, Erich, 424, 427 Reventlow, Ernst zu, 161–3, 199, 211, 245, 291, 306, 308, 361–2, 388, 405, 468–71, 488–9, 490, 531, 536, 539–40, 543–4 Rosas, Captain, 304–5, 310–17 Rupprecht, Prince of Bavaria, 128–9, 140 Russell, Lt.-Col. Hon. Alexander (‘Alick’), 269, 348, 350, 358, 367, 519 Russia, 4, 5, 6, 23, 34, 77–81, 84, 134, 145, 166, 167, 170, 174, 177–8, 205 Russo-Japanese War, 134, 135 Sartori, August, 52 Saunders, George, 2 Scavenius, M. de, 93–4 Scheer, Reinhard, 37 Schimmelmann, Freiherr von, 184 Schoen, Wilhelm von, 249 Schröder, Ludwig von, 229, 455 Scott, Percy, 311 Secret Service Bureau, xxiii Seebohm, Hans von, 273 Selborne, Lord, 431 ship-building capacity, German, 44–50, 61–2, 149 shipyards, Blohm und Voss, Hamburg, 41, 45, 46, 47, 48, 49, 61, 149, 157, 187, 210, 259–60, 266 Germania Yard, Kiel, 14–16, 41, 44, 46, 47, 49, 61, 83, 84, 86, 99, 149, 150, 154, 186, 227, 228, 245, 250, 461 Howaldts Yard, Kiel, 47, 49, 154, 186, 227, 229, 322 Imperial Dockyard, Danzig, 20–22, 47, 49, 184, 250, 254, 256–7, 266, 461 Imperial Dockyard, Kiel, 16–20, 44, 47, 48, 49, 61, 149, 150, 186, 226, 227 Imperial Dockyard, Wilhelmshaven, 40–44, 47, 48, 49, 61, 95, 149, 193, 322 Oderwerke, Stettin, 47, 49 Reihersteig, Hamburg, 49 Schichau’s Yard, Danzig, 22–3, 41, 45, 47, 48, 49, 61, 149, 185, 196, 209, 210, 223, 257–8, 277, 288, 378 Schichau’s Yard, Elbing, 23–4, 45, 47, 49, 185, 258, 378 Schichau’s Yard, Pillau, 49 Tecklenbourg, Bremerhaven, 49, 231 Vulkan Yard, Hamburg, 45, 61, 149, 266 Vulkan Yard, Stettin, 26–31, 41, 47, 48, 49, 61, 98–9, 149, 157, 187, 196, 218, 223, 225, 226, 266, 276 Vulkan Yard, Vogesack, 47, 49 564 NAVAL INTELLIGENCE FROM GERMANY NJ566 Index 20/7/07 10:14 am Page 564 Weser Yard, Bremen, 45, 46, 47, 48, 49, 61, 95, 149, 157, 194, 243, 258–9, 266, 316, 322 Spahn, Pater, 126 Spain, 134, 205 Spee, Graf von, 282 strategy and tactics in wartime (German), 31–2, 59–73, 143–5, 526–8 Stresemann, Gustav, 129 submarines (German), 16, 18, 21, 39, 44, 82, 83, 87, 116, 123, 127, 148, 150, 154, 195, 201, 203, 205, 224, 228, 235, 244, 250, 256, 257, 265, 267, 283–4, 286, 290, 296, 341, 342, 346, 362, 372, 373, 430, 431, 461–2, 525, 547; (Russian), 15–16, 83, 84 Sueter, Murray, 352, 353, 354 Sweden, 5, 6, 50, 55, 62, 75, 77, 78, 80, 82, 136, 178, 333 Tirpitz, Alfred von, xiii-iv, xvi, xviii, 11, 12, 56–8, 62, 82, 89, 95, 96, 125–7, 131–3, 134, 146, 164–5, 200, 213, 214–17, 220, 223, 226, 235–6, 237–9, 247–8, 249–50, 261, 263, 270–73, 280–81, 297–8, 310–16, 324, 330, 331, 364, 374–7, 380–85, 388, 408, 409–10, 411–19, 419–22, 427–32, 448, 452–7, 458–9, 481, 482–7, 489, 495–6, 513, 514, 524–5, 537–9 torpedo boats (German), 19, 24, 25, 40, 49, 60, 61, 64, 65, 67, 71, 77, 79, 81, 84, 85, 86, 87, 122, 144, 148, 149, 154, 155, 164–5, 193–4, 203, 234, 261, 266, 267, 318, 337, 515, 528; (Greek), 28; (Russian), 26–7, 28; (Turkish), 243 Trench, Bernard, xxiii, 275, 311 Troeltsch, Rudolf, 526–8 Tschirschky, Heinrich von, 94 Tsushima, battle of, 31 Tweedmouth, Lord, 34, 35, 163 Usedom, Admiral Guido von, 18 Warrender, Sir George, xxi, 543 warships (British) Albermarle, xvii, xxi Bedford, xvii, 275 Cornwall, xviii, xxiii, 231 Dido, xvii Dreadnought, 8, 10, 14, 37, 41, 85, 205, 265 Implacable, xvii Invincible, xxiii, 85 Lord Nelson, 209 Montagu, 33 Sapphire, 4 Sydney, 21 (German) Aegir, 111, 113, 114 Amazone, 41 Baden, 110, 112 Bayern, 110, 112 Beowulf, 111, 112, 113, 114, 115 Blücher, xxiii–iv, 34, 186, 191, 202, 226, 227, 265, 282, 440 Brandenburg, 111, 112, 113, 148, 114, 115 Braunschweig, 154, 282 Bremen, 253 Bremse, 41 Danzig, 20, 21 Derfflinger, 111 Deutschland, 11, 16, 17, 185, 221, 282, 283, 311 Dresden, 187 Elsass, 282 Emden, 21, 253 Freya, 42, 114 Friedrich Karl, 84 Frithjof, 111, 112, 113, 114, 115 Fuchs, 19 Fürst Bismarck, 111, 114, 115, 541 G194, 343 G187, 86 Gazelle, 20 Gneisenau, 148, 157, 440 Goeben, 111 Hagen, 111, 112, 113, 114, 115 Hamburg, 27, 154, 251, 259 Hannover, 40, 42, 148 Hansa, 114, 296 Heimdal, 111, 112, 113, 114 Hela, 20 Helgoland, 241, 242, 243, 245, 251, 283, 293, 322 Hertha, 18, 114, 115, 309, 317, 319 Hessen, 282 Hildebramd, 111, 112, 113, 114, 115 Hohenzollern, 18, 30, 157, 165, 230, 449 Jupiter, 227 Kaiser, 345 Kaiser Barbarossa, 113, 114, 115, 148, 282 Kaiser Friedrich III, 113, 114, 115,148, 227 Kaiser Karl der Grosse, 113,114, 115 Kaiser Wilhelm II, 113, 114, 115 Kaiser Wilhelm der Grosse, 113, 114, 115 Kaiserin Augusta, 111, 114, 115, 318, 319 Kolberg, 545 INDEX 565 NJ566 Index 20/7/07 10:14 am Page 565 Köln, 228 Königsberg, 18 Kurfürst Friedrich Wilhelm, 111, 112, 113, 114, 115, 148, 294 Leipzig, 41 Lothringen, 23, 282 Lübeck, 27, 42 Mainz, 219, 244 Meteor, 13, 230 Moltke, 111, 253, 259, 293, 345, 413, 440 Möwe, 41, 82 München, 84 Nassau, 34, 200, 201, 204, 208, 228, 234, 236, 241, 250, 251, 252, 254, 265, 276 Nürnberg, 18 Odin, 111, 112, 113, 114, 115 Oldenburg, 111, 112, 113, 114, 115, 277, 291, 461 Ostfriesland, 243, 251, 293, 322, 450 Pfeil, 41 Pommern, 28, 29, 30, 31, 148, 282 Posen, 88, 202, 203, 228, 243, 248, 250 Preussen, 282 Prinz Heinrich, 114 Rheinland, 88, 202, 203, 218, 228, 243, 244–5, 250, 254 Roon, 20, 54, 308, 413 S. 126, 16 Sachsen, 110, 112 Scharnhorst, 148, 155, 157, 193, 440 Schlesien, 22, 230 Schleswig-Holstein, 15, 154, 282 Schwaben, 155 Seydlitz, 111 Siegfried, 111, 112, 113, 114, 115 Sleipner, 164–6 Stettin, 27 Stuttgart, 21 Thetis, 20 Thuringen, 243, 293, 322 U.1, 184 Victoria Louise, 42, 114, 115 Vineta, 42, 114, 115 Von der Tann, xviii, 83, 231, 243, 244, 256, 259, 265, 276, 283, 339, 449, 450 Vulkan, 154, 184, 256, 281, 284 Weissenburg, 111, 112, 113, 114, 115, 294 Westfalen, 201, 203, 236, 243, 252 Worth, 111, 112, 113, 114, 115 Würrttemberg, 18, 112, 491 Yorck, 84, 282, 308 warships (other countries) Admiral Charner, 440 Aki, 85 Asari Terfeek, 14 Greek torpedo boats, 27 Hairredin, 294 Minas Geraes, 339 Satsuma, 85 Torgud Reis, 294 Tsukuba, 97 Weltpolitik (‘World Policy’), xiii White, Sir William, 441 Widenmann, Captain Wilhelm, xxi, 59, 166, 280, 403–4 Wilhelm II, Kaiser audience with Captain Allenby, 2–5; Captain Dumas, 12–14, 156–8, 164, 165; Captain Heath, 225, 230–31, 246–7, 260–61; Captain Henderson, 541; Captain Kerr, xvii; Captain Watson, 274–6, 326, 500–505; Chilean Minister, 339, 343, 345; North Sea cruise, 248 enthusiasm for German navy, 11, 262 fears of a British attack, 55 participation in manoeuvres, 109, 147 peaceful attitude of, 3, 173, 174 prognosis for an American-Japanese war, 98 promotes 1912 naval increase, 372, 375 reasons for his interest in the navy, 173 relations with Navy League, 92–3, 128, 130, 320 relations with Admiral Tirpitz, 459 speech at Hamburg (Sept. 1911), 320, 323, 329, 336, 474, 511 Wilson, Sir Arthur, 271–3, 315 wireless telegraphy, 50, 196–7, 286 Wodrig, Admiral, 40 Zimmermann, Arthur, 339