opponents be found. Only once more--shortly before 10.30
o'clock--did the battle flare up. For a short time in the late
twilight German battle cruisers sighted four enemy capital ships to
seaward and opened fire immediately. As the two German battleship
squadrons attacked, the enemy turned and vanished in the darkness.
Older German light cruisers of the fourth reconnoissance group
also were engaged with the older enemy armored cruisers in a short
fight.

This ended the day battle.

The German divisions, which, after losing sight of the enemy, began
a night cruise in a southerly direction, were attacked until dawn
by enemy light force in rapid succession.

The attacks were favored by the general strategic situation and the
particularly dark night.

The cruiser Frauenlob was injured severely during the engagement of
the fourth reconnoissance group with a superior cruiser force, and
was lost from sight.

One armored cruiser of the Cressy class suddenly appeared close to
a German battleship and was shot into fire after forty seconds, and
sank in four minutes.

The Florent (?) Destroyer 60, (the names were hard to decipher in
the darkness and therefore were uncertainly established) and four
destroyers--3, 78, 06, and 27--were destroyed by our fire. One
destroyer was cut in two by the ram of a German battleship. Seven
destroyers, including the G-30, were hit and severely damaged.
These, including the Tipperary and Turbulent, which after saving
survivors, were left behind in a sinking condition, drifted past
our line, some of them burning at the bow or stern.

The tracks of countless torpedoes were sighted by the German ships,
but only the Pommern (a battleship) fell an immediate victim to a
torpedo. The cruiser Rostock was hit, but remained afloat. The
cruiser Elbing was damaged by a German battleship during an
unavoidable maneuver. After vain endeavors to keep the ship afloat
the Elbing was blown up, but only after her crew had embarked on
torpedo boats. A post torpedo boat was struck by a mine laid by the
enemy.

ADMITTED LOSSES--BRITISH

NAME TONNAGE PERSONNEL

Queen Mary (battle cruiser) 27,000 1,000
Indefatigable (battle cruiser) 18,750 800
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