At 10.20 P.M. the 2nd Light Cruiser Squadron sighted and engaged five enemy vessels, apparently a cruiser with four light cruisers, probably of the 4th Scouting Group. The enemy again opened fire with great rapidity and accuracy, and concentrated his fire on our two leading ships, the _Southampton_ and _Dublin_, at very short range. Both vessels suffered considerable damage during the 15 minutes’ engagement and there were fairly heavy casualties; three fires which broke out on board the _Southampton_ were promptly extinguished by fine work on the part of the officers and men, in spite of the fact that the hoses had been much cut up by shell fire. The enemy squadron disappeared after this short but fierce engagement, and it is probable that the German light cruiser _Frauenlob_, whose loss was admitted by the enemy, was sunk during this action, which took place in that case between our own 2nd Light Cruiser Squadron and the German 4th Scouting Group. At 11.30 P.M. the 4th Flotilla sighted and attacked enemy cruisers steering a south-easterly course. Again the vessels sighted opened fire immediately, and the flotilla leader _Tipperary_, commanded by Captain Wintour, the leader of the flotilla, was severely damaged by gunfire and set on fire forward; the _Broke_, leader of the 2nd half Flotilla, received injury to her steering-gear, rendering her temporarily unmanageable and causing her to ram the destroyer _Sparrowhawk_, with the result that it became necessary to abandon the latter destroyer on the following morning after taking off her crew. The destroyer _Spitfire_ (Lieutenant-Commander C. W. Trelawny), next astern of the _Tipperary_, fired torpedoes at a four-funnelled cruiser which appeared to be hit and in a sinking condition, and the _Spitfire_ then collided with a German light cruiser and, in scraping along her side, carried off some 29 feet of her skin plating. The remainder of the 4th Flotilla, after this engagement, while steering to the south-eastward, came into contact at midnight with the enemy’s 2nd Battle Squadron, and one ship (probably the _Pommern_) was torpedoed and sunk either by the _Ardent_ (Lieutenant-Commander Marsden) or _Ambuscade_ (Lieutenant-Commander G. A. Coles) or _Garland_ (Lieutenant-Commander R. S. Goff). A heavy and accurate fire was opened by the enemy and the destroyer _Fortune_ (Lieutenant-Commander F. G. Terry) was sunk. The flotilla was again in action a little later with some enemy battleships, and the _Ardent_ attacked, and fired a torpedo, but the result could not be observed as a very heavy fire was concentrated on the _Ardent_, which sank with colours flying after a very gallant night’s work. It is sad to record that Lieutenant-Commander Marsden and one man were the only survivors, being picked up by a destroyer on June 1st after having been five hours in the water.