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Nigeria and Sierra Leone. Prize ships: enquiry from Messrs Litherland Canning & Ashworth, West African Merchants, about an application for the release of cargo from the German liner Paul Woermann , captured in the Cameroon River, West Africa. Original Correspondence From: Litherland Canning & Ashworth, Manchester. Folio(s): 608-610.

Page 101: Handwritten draft by De Villiers for note to CO 11 August 1914 concerning expedition to German South West Africa. Page 103: from Admiralty to Southampton 11 August 1914: Kinfauns Castle delayed. Page 104: from British Consul Gen Lorenzo Marques to Admiralty 11 August 1914: have prevented three German merchant vessels transferring to Spanish flag. Page 105: Admiralty to Commander in Chief Cape: how soon will transports be ready. Page 106: Information received Capetown 11 August 1914: Germans evacuated Swakopmund and Luderitzbucht. Page 107: Capetown (?) to Admiralty 11 August 1914: Accra reports wireless station Fernando Po under German control. Seven German merchant steamers one British vessel Duala. Page 108: officer administering the government of South Africa (de Villiers) to Sec-of-S Colonies 11 August 1914: concerning artillery for operations in German SW Africa. Page 109: transcript of telephone call between censors 11 August 1914: report Germans evacuated Swakupmund in German SW Africa. Page 111: Commander in Chief Cape to Admiralty 11 August 1914: transports Kenilworth Castle, Briton, Dunluce Castle and Guildford Castle ready to sail. Page 112: between Commander in Chief Cape and Admiralty 12 August 1914: offer of amnesty to deserters. Page 113: Commander in Chief Cape to Admiralty 12 August 1914: informed from Commander in Chief East Indies Dartmouth recalled Bombay. Seems Konigsberg still Cape of Good Hope Station. When Nottingham or some fast ship be expected. Page 114: Admiralty to Commander in Chief Simonstown 12 August 1914: reported German Woermanne Line steamers employed West African trade crossing to Brazil. Page 115: British Consul Gen Lorenzo Marques to Admiralty 12 August 1914: copy of telegram to SNO Durban merchant vessel of Empriza Hat de Navacao states Konigsberg in vicinity of Inhambrane. Page 116: Admiralty to Commander in Chief Cape 12 August 1914: Leviathan ordered to Cape. Now near Azores. Coaling at St Vincent Cape Verde. Page 117: Admiralty to Commander in Chief Cape 12 August 1914:Orders to St Helena garrison cancelled. First tree transports to start together. Hyacinth to escort until Leviathan met. Page 118: Zanzibar to Admiralty 12 August 1914: not satisfied with conditions for Tabora flying Red Cross. Opinion is flag hoisted to evade capture. Page 119: Dartmouth to Admiralty 12 August 1914: position of ship. Page 120: handwritten note from Admiralty to Marine Paris 12 August 1914: Black Prince and Duke of Edinburgh withdrawn to escort transports in Red Sea. Light cruiser to Port Said to maybe catch Konigsberg. Page 121: S-of-S Colonies (Harcourt) to Officer Administering the Government of South Africa 12 August 1914): artillery required “at home”. Page 122: Britannia Simonstown to Admiralty 12 August 1914: Astraea destroyed w/t station Dar-es-Salaam. Made terms with Governor. Terms accepted for harbour and municipality only. Blockade Dar-es-Salaam, Bagamoyo and Tanga proclaimed by Astraea. Page 123: Admiralty to Cape: - War office give numbers for conveyance home officers, men, horses, guns and ammunition. Page 124: copy of letter to Postmaster General 12 August 1914 concerning interception of letter from SMS Eider at Cape via SS Gertrud Woermann. Page 125: Copy of sailing orders for Armadale Castle 12 August 1914. Pages 126-127: Commander in Chief Cape to Admiralty 13 August 1914: may I use Delagoa Bay for coaling. Handwritten notes and replies. Page 127: handwritten note from ? to DOD (Rear Admiral AC Leveson) undated concerning use of Portuguese ports. Page 129: Commander in Chief Cape to Admiralty 13 August 1914: details of transport loads for Kenilworth, Briton, Dunluce and Guildford. Page 132: Admiralty to Cape 13 August 1914: Nottingham not available. Astraea ordered to Cape to convoy troops with Hyacinth. Page 133: Admiralty to Astraea, Zanzibar 13 August 1914: proceed to Cape. Konigsberg reported near Inhambane. Page 134: British Consul Gen L Marques to Admiralty 13 August 1914: sending on telegram from British Vice-Consul Port Amelia; German firms ownership of ships and dhows and flying of Portuguese flags. Page 135: Cape to Admiralty 13 August 1914: Hyacinth patrolling. Konigsberg position uncertain. May I exercise judgement on Astraea and Pegasus position? Page 136: Admiralty to Commander in Chief Cape 13 August 1914: Konigsberg reported near Inhambane. Pegasus to remain Zanzibar. Abandon patrol and proceed Durban. Pages 137-141: between De Villiers and SofS Colonial Office 11-13 August 1914: telegrams, handwritten notes and comments regarding operations to Swakupmund and Luderitzbucht in German SW Africa. Page 142: Zanzibar to Admiralty 13 August 1914: Astraea to proceed Cape. Konigsberg reported near Inhambane. Pegasus to stay Zanzibar. Page 143: between Commander in Chief Cape and Admiralty 13 and 15 August 1914: Setting up of prize court to deal with ships under detention. Page 144: Admiralty to Commander in ChiefSimonstown 13 August 1914: use St Vincent not Delogoa Bay. Page 145: Admiralty to Britannia 13 August 1914: Pegasus to remain Zanzibar. Page 146: General message to HM Representatives in British and Foreign possessions 13 August 1914: regarding movement of British vessels. Page 147: General message 13 August 1914: commence hostilities against Austria. Page 148: between Naval Board Melbourne and Admiralty 13 August 1914: about instructions by Union of Hamburg ship owners regarding routes and neutral ports at outbreak of war taken from German steamer Hobart. Précis of instructions. (See also page 156). Page 149: copy of sailing orders to Kinfauns Castle 13 August 1914. Completion dates for Kinfauns Castle and Armadale Castle from Commander in ChiefPortsmouth to Admiralty. Page 150: Zanzibar to Admiralty 14 August 1914: Astraea sailed South.