The gale increased in violence, but once again the _Friant's_ launch attempted to cross the boiling waters and rescue more of the _Delhi's_ passengers. The heavy seas, however, put out her fires and drove her ashore; nevertheless her plucky French sailors re-lit the fires and again launched their boat. But the breakers soon capsized her and threw her crew into the water, three of whom were drowned. Towards the afternoon the seas went down and the British cruisers managed to establish communication between the _Delhi_ and the shore. Admiral Cradock was able to reach the _Delhi_ in his pinnace and took off the Princess Royal and the Duke of Fife and put them ashore. But in landing they were nearly swept away and only reached the beach after a desperate struggle. Eventually, all the passengers were safely got off the _Delhi_, and though part of her cargo was saved--including bullion to the extent of £500,000 which she was bringing back from India--she became a total wreck. Admiral Jellicoe reached England in time to meet the King and Queen on their return from India, in the New Year; and in command of the Second Division of the Home Fleet he had the honour of escorting their Majesties--in the _Medina_--up the English Channel. The ships under Jellicoe's command which performed this duty were the _Agamemnon_, _Colossus_, _Hercules_, _Lord Nelson_, _Britannia_, _Dominion_, _Hindustan_ and _Orion_, together with five cruisers. Early in February Admiral Jellicoe had the honour of being received by His Majesty at Buckingham Palace, when the King invested him with the insignia of a Knight Commander of the Most Honourable Order of the Bath. At this time Mr. Arnold White wrote a very interesting appreciation of Jellicoe which appeared in _The Throne_ and which in many respects was almost prophetic. The article was headed "The Man and the Moment," and in referring to the task which would confront Admiral Jellicoe--if war ever broke out--as Commander of the British forces at sea, he wrote as follows: "Vice-Admiral Sir John Jellicoe is the Emir upon whom our rulers have thrust the heaviest responsibility that rests on the shoulders of any man born of a woman. He is the man who has been told off to the job of commanding the British forces at sea when war breaks out. * * * * * "Imagine what this means. Nelson's supreme task, heavy as it was, was child's play compared to the work that lies ahead of the Admiral who is now Second-in-Command of the Home Fleet. Nelson had hours to make up his mind before attacking his foe at the Nile, at Copenhagen, off the Spanish coast, and at the 'crowning mercy' of Trafalgar. Jellicoe will have ten minutes from the time that the best look-out man in his Fleet first sights the enemy's Fleet through a modern telescope. Nelson could sleep o' nights, undisturbed by wireless messages, torpedo attack, submarines, floating mines or aeroplanes. * * * * *