<<<< Squadron III Squadron I Squadron II [12]KÖNIG (F) [10]OSTFRIESLAND (F) [11]DEUTSCHLAND (F) 10 12-inch 12 12-inch 4 11-inch GROSSER KURFÜRST THÜRINGEN POMMERN 10 12-inch 12 12-inch 4 11-inch MARKGRAF HELGOLAND SCHLESIEN 10 12-inch 12 12-inch 4 11-inch KRONPRINZ OLDENBURG SCHLESWIG-HOLSTEIN 10 12-inch 12 12-inch 4 11-inch [13]KAISER (F) [14]POSEN (F) [15]HANNOVER (F) 10 12-inch 12 11-inch 4 11-inch PRINZ REGENT LUITPOLD RHEINLAND HESSEN 10 12-inch 12 11-inch 4 11-inch KAISERIN NASSAU 10 12-inch 12 11-inch ---- WESTFALEN 12 11-inch [9]FRIEDRICH DER GROSSE (FF) 10 12-inch [9] Fleet Flagship--Flag of Admiral Scheer, Commander-in-Chief. [10] Flagship of Vice Admiral Schmidt commanding Squadron I. [11] Flagship of Rear Admiral Mauve commanding Squadron II. [12] Flagship of Rear Admiral Behnke commanding Squadron III. [13] Flagship of Rear Admiral Nordmann. [14] Flagship of Rear Admiral Engelhardt. [15] Flagship of Rear Admiral Lichtenfels. 2. The main body of the German High Seas Fleet, under Admiral Scheer, consisting of sixteen dreadnoughts [“_König Albert_ absent” (S)] and six predreadnought battleships. The fleet speed of this main body was 17 knots, because the German dreadnoughts had been eked out with predreadnought battleships of less speed. Its less powerful armament will be found in Table II. 3. Eleven light cruisers and about seventy-eight destroyers, divided between the advance force and the main body. (Admiral Jellicoe gives the Germans eighty-eight destroyers, but it is known that all were not in action.) The above-described make-up of the opposing fleets must be kept in mind, when studying the course of the action. The day of the battle was cloudy, but the sun shone through the clouds most of the time. At no time was there anything approaching a sea. Visibility was reported as good in the first stages of the action, but later in the afternoon, there being little wind, mist and smoke hung heavy over the surface of the sea. These conditions must also be remembered, as the increasing mist had a great influence on the course of the action. The following outline will bring the action to the stage at which detailed comment should begin. [Illustration: From _A Guide to the Military History of The World War, 1914-1918_.