Canada, Australia and New Zealand supported England according tot the Dutch Rotterdamsch Nieuwsblad dated 13 August 1914

An item reported that Canada offered to sent 20,000 men troops and her cruisers Rainbow and Niobe at the disposal of the British Admiralty. The governments of Australia and New Zealand did the same with their navies and sending respectively 20,000 and 8,000 men. The newspaper De Tijd of the same date supplied more details. Canada sent an expeditionary force of 20,000 men, the cruisers Rainbow and Niobe were of the disposal of the British Admiralty, hosp98.000.000 pound flour was sent and the Canadian women were fitting out a hospital ship. The Niobe and the Rainbow dated from 1899 and 1893 and were so quite old. The Niobe with a displacement of 11,000 tons was armed with 16-6” guns and had a speed of 20 knots while the small cruiser Rainbow of 3,600 tons was armed with 2-6” guns and 6-4.7” guns. Australia sent an expeditionary force of 20,000 men and her fleet of the disposal of the British Admiralty. She had one large 18,000 tons cruiser http://warshipsresearch.blogspot.nl/2011/12/end-of-battle-cruiser-australia.html with an main armament of 8-12” guns and 16-4” guns and a speed of 26 knots. Two light cruiser the Sydney and the Brisbane, two elder cruisers Encounter and Pioneer, three destroyers and two submarines. New Zealand sent an expeditionary force of 8,000 men. This dominion did not posses in fact a own navy by handed over in the past the large modern cruiser New Zealand to England. Further more were a light cruiser Philomel and two small cruisers, but of little significance. Since the hospital ship Maine which was an American gift to England was lost, was just one similar ship the Mediator available. An maritime expert concluded that at least six of those ships were needed.