The flagship, _Iron Duke_, at 6.30 engaged a Dreadnought of the _König_ class in the German Fleet, hitting her at the second salvo, which was a remarkable gunnery performance at a range of 12,000 yards and in the clouds of smoke. The enemy turned away and escaped. The other ships of the Fourth Battle Squadron were mainly engaged with the German battle-cruisers. The Second Battle Squadron attacked the German battleships, and also fired at a damaged German battle-cruiser, from 6.30 to 7.20; at 7 p.m. the British Fleet turned S., and shortly afterwards S.W. The battleship engagement closed about 8.20, when the enemy disappeared in the smoke and mist. He lay to the W. of Admiral Jellicoe’s Fleet, and orders were issued to the British torpedo craft to attack him. About 8.20 Beatty pushed W. in support of the light cruisers which had been ordered to locate the enemy’s position, and came upon two battle-cruisers and two battleships, which he attacked at a range of 10,000 yards. The leading German ship was struck repeatedly, and turned away sharply with a very heavy list, emitting flames; the _Princess Royal_ set a three-funnelled battleship (possibly the _Helgoland_) on fire. A third ship was battered by the _Indomitable_ and _New Zealand_, and was seen heeling over, on fire, drawing out of the line. Then about 8.38 the mist came down so thickly that the battle was broken off, the enemy fleet being last seen by the larger British ships about 8.38, steaming W. At 8.40 a violent explosion was felt by the British Fleet. This was probably caused by the destruction of a big ship. Beatty steamed S.W. till 9.24, when having seen nothing more of the enemy, he assumed that the Germans were to the N.W., and proceeded N.N.E. to the British Battle Fleet. He says: “In view of the gathering darkness, and the fact that our strategical position was such as to make it appear certain that we should locate the enemy at daylight under most favourable circumstances, I did not consider it proper or desirable to close the enemy battle fleet during the dark hours.” [Illustration: STORMING THE VILLAGE OF LOOS: HAND-TO-HAND FIGHTING IN THE STREETS. _Reproduced by permission of “The Sphere.”_] VI. THE CHARGE AT LOOS OF THE LONDON IRISH (18th London). A vivid account of an incident at Loos, which has become historic, was given by one of the London Irish Regiment who was wounded during the charge:-- “One set of our men--keen footballers--made a strange resolution; it was to take a football along with them. The platoon officer discovered this, and ordered the football to be sent back--which, of course, was carried out. But the old members of the London Irish Football Club were not to be done out of the greatest game of their lives-the last to some of them, poor fellows--and just before Major Beresford gave the signal the leather turned up again mysteriously.