altered course to port to avoid two torpedoes, one passed about ten yards ahead and the other about twenty yards astern, and at 7.43 P.M. altered course to avoid torpedoes, two passing astern”; the _Colossus_ stated, “at 7.35 P.M. turned to port to avoid a torpedo coming from starboard side”; the _Barham_ at this period reported that “at least four torpedoes passed through the line close to the _Barham_”; the _Collingwood_ reported, “torpedo track was seen 20 degrees abaft the beam and coming straight at the ship; large helm was put on and the torpedo passed very close astern; at the same time another was seen to pass about thirty yards ahead.” The captain of the _Collingwood_, in remarking on the destroyer’s attack, added, “the great value of this form of attack on a line of ships is, to me, an outstanding feature of the Battle Fleet action.” The first two-point turn was made at 7.23 P.M. and the Fleet was brought to a south by west course by 7.33 P.M. (that is, to a course one point to the westward of the course of the Fleet before the destroyer attack). The total amount by which the range was opened by the turns was about 1,750 yards. The 4th Light Cruiser Squadron and the 4th and 11th Flotillas had been delayed in reaching their action station at the van until about 7.10 P.M., owing to the turns to the westward made by the Battle Fleet to close the enemy. In accordance with arrangements made previously to counter destroyer attacks, these vessels were ordered out to engage the enemy destroyers, which, according to the report of the Commodore Le Mesurier, commanding the 4th Light Cruiser Squadron, were steering towards the head of the division led by the _King George V._, the van ship of the Battle Fleet. Although not very well placed for the first attack for the reason given above, they were in a very favourable position to counter the second destroyer attack, which took place at 7.25 P.M. The enemy’s flotilla was sighted bearing 30 degrees before the starboard beam of the _Iron Duke_ at a range of 9,000 yards and was heavily engaged by the light forces and the 4th, 1st, and 5th Battle Squadrons. During this attack three enemy destroyers were reported as sunk by the fire of the battleships, light cruisers and destroyers; one of them, bearing a Commodore’s pendant, being sunk at 7.50 P.M. by a division of the 12th Flotilla, consisting of the _Obedient_, _Marvel_, _Mindful_ and _Onslaught_, which attacked them near the rear of our battle line. The _Southampton_ and _Dublin_, of the 2nd Light Cruiser Squadron, attacked and sank a second destroyer at this period. At least six torpedoes were observed to pass ahead of, or through the track of, the 4th Light Cruiser Squadron during their attack on the German flotilla.