Fregattenkapitän Hans Pochhammer carried a handwritten note by Kaiser William I during the Battle of the Falkland Islands .
An official report of the battle furnished by the First Officer of the armoured cruiser SMS Gneisenau and the senior surviving German officer , Fregattenkapitän Hans Pochhammer , carried a handwritten note by Kaiser William II which read : `` It remains a mystery what made Spee attack the Falkland Islands .
Battle of the Falkland Islands