Note 706 — Chapter XII
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Bradford, Life of Wilson, p. 199. Nothing more was heard of this order, which probably came from Sir John Fisher. Fisher was in favor of “Copenhagening” the German fleet and also of landing soldiers in North Germany in case of a war (Memories; Newton, pp. 334 f.). In 1922, Lord Sanderson wrote as follows concerning the events of this time: “There were no doubt preparations by our military authorities for defending Belgium in case of an attack by Germany on France through Belgian territory, and these preparations must have been known to the French military attaché in London. There was also a good deal of loose talk in naval circles and some high quarters of a possible expedition to Schleswig in the possible event of war. I do not believe such a measure was ever seriously entertained, and I looked upon the report as put about for the purpose of a warning” (Sanderson to Temperley, Aug. 17, 1922, B.D., III, 87, No. 105).