To return to Sir David Beatty. The action between the battle cruisers was renewed during the retirement of our ships to the northward, and the two leading ships of the 5th Battle Squadron, the _Barham_ and _Valiant_, supported our battle cruisers by their fire, whilst the two rear ships of that force, the _Warspite_ and _Malaya_, engaged the leading ships of the enemy’s Battle Fleet as long as their guns would bear, at a range of about 19,000 yards. The light cruiser _Fearless_, with destroyers of the 1st Flotilla, were now stationed ahead of the battle cruisers, and the light cruiser _Champion_, with destroyers of the 13th Flotilla, joined the 5th Battle Squadron. The 1st and 3rd Light Cruiser Squadrons, which had been in the rear during the southerly course, now took up a position on the starboard, or advanced, bow of the battle cruisers, the 2nd Light Cruiser Squadron being on the port quarter. During this northerly run the fire from our ships was very intermittent, owing to the weather thickening to the eastward, although the enemy was able at times to fire with some accuracy. From 5 P.M. until after 6 P.M. the light was very much in favour of the enemy, being far clearer to the westward than to the eastward. A photograph taken on board the _Malaya_ at 5.15 P.M. towards the western horizon established this clearly. Our destroyers, shown silhouetted against the bright horizon, were at this time at least 16,000 yards distant. Our battle cruisers ceased fire altogether for about 30 minutes after 5.12 P.M. owing to the enemy’s ships being invisible, fire being reopened at about 5.40 P.M. on the enemy’s battle cruisers, three or four of which could be seen, although indistinctly, at a distance of some 14,000 yards. Between 5.42 and 5.52, however, our fire seemed to be effective, the _Lion_ alone firing some 15 salvoes during this period. At 5.10 P.M. the destroyer _Moresby_, which had rejoined the Battle Cruiser Fleet after assisting the _Engadine_ with her sea-plane, fired a torpedo at the enemy’s line at a range of between 6,000 and 8,000 yards from a favourable position--two points before the beam of the enemy’s leading battle cruiser. At 5.35 P.M. the _Lion’s_ course was gradually altered from N.N.E. to N.E. in order to conform to the signalled movements and resulting position of the British Battle Fleet. The enemy’s battle cruisers also gradually hauled to the eastward, being probably influenced in this movement by reports received from their light cruisers, which were by this time in contact with the light cruiser _Chester_ and in sight of our 3rd Battle Cruiser Squadron led by Rear-Admiral Hood. The proceedings of these vessels will now be described.