Contains among other things: Invitation to the Chinese Commander to Evacuate the Kiautschou Area (draft), 22 - 26 July 1897 Order of the Commanding Admiral Eduard von Knorr to Occupy Kiatuschou Bay (telegram), 7 Nov 1897 Command of the Cruiser Division to Manage the Kiautschou Area, 27 Sept 1897 Command of the Cruiser Division to Evacuate the Kiautschou Area (draft), 22 - 26 July 1897 Command of the Commanding Admiral Eduard von Knorr to Occupy Kiatuschou Bay (telegram), 7 Nov 1897 Command of the Cruiser Division to Manage the Kiautschou Area, 27 Sept 1897 Command of the Cruiser Division to Evacuate the Kiautschou Bay (draft), 22 - 26 Sept 1897 Command of the Commander of the Commander Eduard von Knorr to Occupy the Kiatuschou Bay (telegram). 1897 Report to the commanding admiral Eduard von Knorr on the situation in Kiautschou during the transfer of administration to the Imperial Naval Office, Feb. 15, 1897 Geographical location, economic importance and fortifications of the Kiautschou Bay Chiffre Code Also includes: Kiautschou area (1:11000), (map) Port facilities of Kiautschou (1:56000), (map) Wai-hai-wei (map)
Contains among other things: Telegram from the commanding Admiral Eduard von Knorr on the attitude of the German Reich in Liautung-Frage (transcript), 26 April 1895 Report from S.M.S. "Irene" on the suitability of Kiautschou Bay as a base of a foreign fleet (transcript), 15 Oct. 1895 "Denkschrift betreffend den Stützpunkt in Ostasien" (transcript), 8 Nov. 1895 Also contains: Schitai Peninsula (81:27500), (map), (Nov. 8, 1895) Also contains: Schitai Peninsula (81:27500), (map).
Contains among other things: Memorandum of the consul in Nagasaki about acquisition of a base in China, Oct. 1896 Telegram to the commanding admiral Eduard von Knorr about murder of two German missionaries in Süd-Shantung, Nov. 5, 1897 Report by S.M.S. "Cormoran" to the chief of the cruising division Otto von Diederichs about unrest by landing of German officers in Wuhan on Nov. 30, 1897 Oct. 1897, Nov. 8, 1897 "Announcement of the Deputy Magistrate of Chianghsia Hsien (Wuchang), Subprefects Wang" (copy), Jan. 6, 1898 Report of the German Consulate Manila on the situation in the Philippines, April 20, 1898 Contains also: Kiautschou Bay (map)
Contains among other things: Protocol of handover of the command of the cruiser squadron from Eduard von Knorr to Carl Eduard Heusner, April 15, 1887 "Instruction for the conduct of the commanders of S.M. ships and vehicles in the protectorate of the New Guinea Company" (copy), March 27, 1887 Report to the Chief of Admiralty Leo von Caprivi on conditions in Sydney, Aug 18, 1887