There was a suggestion about this time that the Atlantic Fleet and the Home Fleet were to be amalgamated. The change that had already been made in the Atlantic Fleet in linking it to the Home Fleet for purposes of combined training did not mean that either command was to be absorbed in the other. The Atlantic Fleet was henceforth to be under the command of a Junior instead of a Senior Admiral, and it would cruise in Home waters. Both Fleets would have their war training together and the policy of concentration in Home waters was thus carried out. How fully this policy was justified events have fully proved. The Atlantic Fleet continued to use Gibraltar as its repairing base. Admiral Jellicoe's first cruise with the Fleets was to Vigo, on the Spanish coast, where manoeuvres were carried out in conjunction with a portion of the Mediterranean Fleet. These manoeuvres were carried out on a large scale. There was a Naval Review of the Fleets, at which King Alfonso was present. Afterwards a mimic warfare was waged, the Home Fleet, under Admiral Sir W. H. May, representing the "Red," the Mediterranean and Atlantic Fleets under Admiral Sir E. S. Poe and Vice-Admiral Jellicoe, respectively, being the "Blue." The principal "action" took place at night, and Jellicoe manoeuvred his ships so cleverly that they almost escaped a vastly superior force. After the "battle" was over Admiral May signalled to Jellicoe that he had put up a fine fight, and given the superior forces against him a very hard job. Just at this time Sir John Jellicoe suffered a sad bereavement, losing his little daughter, Betty, at the age of five and a half years. She was the second child, and was born on May 21st, 1905. Sir John and Lady Jellicoe have four daughters, the eldest in her ninth year. They are delightful children, and all bear a strong family likeness to the "Little Admiral"; they possess many of their father's characteristics, too: overwhelming good spirits and a keen sense of humour. The author's first introduction to them was when he was waiting in the hall of Sir John's town house. They were just going out for their morning constitutional, but as they were about to start, the eldest suddenly discovered that "some one" was missing who should have been present. A hurried search was instituted. Upstairs and downstairs the young Jellicoes raced, peering here and peering there, and continually calling for "Nanna!" Believing that the nurse was the object of their search, the author told Miss Jellicoe that he had just seen her go upstairs. She shook her head: "Oh, no she hasn't. She came down with me just now and I _know_ she hasn't gone back. She does run away sometimes." It seemed a strange thing for a nurse to do, and while the author was debating in his mind whether he ought not to inform Lady Jellicoe, one of the little girls gave a cry of triumph and pointed to the sideboard standing against the wall in a dark corner of the hall.