Recalled to the Admiralty as First Sea Lord. _December 8, 1914._ Victory of Admiral Sir Doveton Sturdee over Admiral Count von Spee, due to the prompt dispatch from England of two battle-cruisers immediately on receipt of the news of the Coronel disaster. This was the most decisive battle of the war, the German force being practically annihilated. _January 24, 1915._ Action of Sir David Beatty off the Dogger Bank, and sinking of the “Blücher” another striking success of the battle-cruiser design. _May 15, 1915._ Resignation as First Sea Lord over the Dardanelles question. _July 5, 1915._ Appointed Chairman of the Board of Invention and Research. _November 16, 1915._ First speech in House of Lords, in reference to Mr. Churchill’s speech on the previous day, following the latter’s resignation from Cabinet. _March 21, 1917._ Second speech in House of Lords, declaring his refusal to discuss Dardanelles report during the war. Awarded the Grand Cordon, with Paulownia, of the Japanese Order of the Rising Sun. _May 5, 1919._ Speech at the luncheon to Mr. Josephus Daniels, U.S. Naval Secretary. _October 21_ (Trafalgar Day), _1919._ Publication of “Memories.” _December 8_ (Falkland Islands Day), _1919._ Publication of “Records.” FOOTNOTES [1] _Was that our Sea Policy during the War?_ Did we not keep our Fleet in cotton wool? [2] These mottoes were painted up in my first ship, and I have had them in every ship I have commanded since. [3] ONE SAMPLE OUT OF MANY.--“Lord Tweedmouth and Mr. Robertson, having tasted blood in their reduction of this year’s Estimates, are about to strike a blow at the vital efficiency of the Navy. But what are we to think of the naval officers on the Admiralty Board, men who cannot plead the blindness and ignorance of their civilian colleagues? No one knows better than Sir John Fisher the real nature and the inevitable consequences of those acts to which he is a consenting party. And we are not speaking at random when we assert that more than any one man, the responsibility and the guilt for those reductions lies at his door.” (The _Globe_, 21 Sept. 1906.) [4] This was written in October, 1906. [5] Not reprinted. [6] There are two alternative schemes which may possibly be preferred to this. [7] The “Pegasus” was massacred at Zanzibar by the Germans!--F. 1919. [8] For these predictions, see Letter to Lord Esher of (?) Jan., 1904 “Memories,” p. 173. [9] See below, p. 181. [10] Only this morning (November 5th, 1919), I have arranged to deal with the drawings of a proposed Submersible Battleship carrying many Big Guns, and clearly a practicable production. [11] NOTE.--For steam raising 3 tons of oil are only equivalent to 4 tons of coal. [12] The War stopped this.--F. 1919.