"The _Queen Mary_ is ordered to the Skagerak under full speed. Hold the enemy until the arrival of the main fleet. Assistance on the way. _Indefatigable, Defense_ and _Black Prince_ also steaming for Jutland to lend a hand. Open the engagement immediately you sight the enemy." "Sign O.K.," said Captain Raleigh. The operator obeyed and heard the operator aboard the _Lion_ repeat his message. "I guess that is about all we can do," said Captain Raleigh. Again he turned to leave the room and once more paused at the door. "Keep your instrument going," he ordered the operator. "Pick up any ship that may not have heard the message. Come, boys," this last to Frank and Jack. The boys followed their commander back to the bridge; thence to his cabin. The interchange of messages had taken time, and glancing at his watch now, Frank saw that it was after one o'clock. "Great Scott!" he exclaimed. "I had no idea we had been in the wireless room so long." Back in his cabin, Captain Raleigh seemed to have forgotten the boys' presence. He was busy for perhaps an hour poring over a mass of charts and other papers. Frank and Jack stood at attention. They were becoming uneasy, when Captain Raleigh looked up suddenly. "Pass the word for the first officer," he instructed. Jack sprang to obey and in a moment the first officer of the _Queen Mary_ was in the cabin. "Shape your course for Jutland proper," ordered Captain Raleigh. The first officer saluted and obeyed. "We'll go back to the wireless room," Captain Raleigh informed the two lads. "I want to keep you boys near me for I may desire to ask a question at any moment." The lads followed their commander back to the wireless room. "Any calls?" he asked the operator. "One coming now, sir." "Repeat it as it comes." "Very well, sir. _Indefatigable_ calling." "Ask her position." "Five miles south by southwest, sir." "Inform Captain Reynolds that we shall slow down and wait for him to come up with us." "Very well, sir." The operator sent the message. "O.K., sir, signed, 'Reynolds,'" the operator reported a few moments later. "Ask her if she has picked up any other vessels." "Destroyers _Fortune_ and _Shark_, sir," reported the operator a little later. "Good. Give Captain Reynolds our position and tell him to keep working his wireless. Tell him we are likely to need every ship we can bring up." "Very well, sir." The operator sent the message. "O.K., again, sir," he reported. Captain Raleigh passed a slip of paper to the operator. "On this," he said, "are enumerated the ships that should be somewhere in these waters. Pick up as many of them as you can. As you give the warnings when answered check them off on the list. If any information is asked, call me." "Very well, sir," replied the operator, taking the slip of paper. "No other instructions, sir?" "No. Send the same message as you sent to the _Indefatigable_." Captain Raleigh motioned Frank and Jack to follow him and left the room.