The following account of the action is from the pen of one of the crew of the _Glasgow_:[94] "By 6 p.m. we were steaming abreast each other. The _Monmouth_, as she passed us close on our port side, gave us a few cheers, which were readily returned. Everyone was stripped and ready, and all seemed satisfied to think that we had found the enemy after searching for nearly three months. The sea was still very rough, and the ships were washing down forward. The enemy's squadron seemed to be going faster than we were, and were getting on our port bow. The sun was setting in the west, and we must have made very nice targets for the Germans, as we were between them and the sun. They had some dark clouds behind them and were difficult to see even then. As soon as the sun had set they altered course towards us, and we turned slightly towards them, the _Otranto_ going away off our starboard quarter and taking no part in the action. As soon as the enemy were within 14,000 yards they opened fire, each of the armoured ships firing at the _Good Hope_ and _Monmouth_, while the two smaller ships concentrated their fire on the _Glasgow_, although they did not open fire until the fourth ship had joined them and they had got much closer than when the armoured ships opened fire. "The _Good Hope_ and _Monmouth_ returned the enemy's fire, and soon the action became general. We were very close to each other on the British side, but the Germans were much farther apart. The enemy soon got the range of our ships and were hitting the _Good Hope_ and the _Monmouth_ very often, and it was not long before the _Good Hope_ was on fire. Soon after the _Monmouth_ took fire, but this was kept under. "After about forty minutes the _Good Hope_ seemed to break out of the line and close towards the enemy, and she was not seen again (although some state that she was still firing her after-turret)." According to the official report made by the captain of the _Glasgow_: "At 7.50 p.m. an immense explosion occurred on board _Good Hope_ amidships, flames reaching 200 feet high. Total destruction must have followed. It was now quite dark." The _Monmouth_ and _Glasgow_ still fought on gamely, both sides firing at the flashes, the Germans firing salvoes. "The _Monmouth_ was very badly damaged by this time", continues the account we have already quoted, "and she hauled off to starboard, followed by the _Glasgow_, as the big ships had now commenced to fire on us as well as the small ones. It was very dark now, but owing to the fire on the _Monmouth_ no doubt the enemy had a good mark to aim at. The enemy's fire ceased as soon as we turned away to starboard. It could easily be seen as we passed the _Monmouth_ that she had suffered heavily, and it appeared to me that she was still on fire. She also had a list to port and was down by the head.