It is of interest to note that at the time of the first attack on this squadron six battleships were visible. After the first attack only five were seen by Captain Stirling, and twenty-five minutes later five were sighted by the _Mænad_, and after the _Mænad’s_ attack only four were visible. The evidence that at least one of the battleships was sunk was considered at the time to be very strong, particularly as the reports from the _Mænad_ and from Captain Stirling were sent to me quite independently, and Commander Champion was unaware of the fact that Captain Stirling had reported six ships as the original number in the battle squadron, and five as the number remaining after his attack. When Captain Stirling had located the enemy’s battle squadron he reported the fact by wireless, but the signal was, unfortunately, not received by any ship, owing, presumably, to the strong interference caused by German wireless signalling at the time. The destroyers of the 9th, 10th, and 13th Flotillas took station astern the Battle Fleet in company with the _Champion_ (Captain Farie), leader of the 13th Flotilla; the _Fearless_, leader of the 9th Flotilla, had not been able to maintain touch with her flotilla. Many of the destroyers of these flotillas lost touch with the _Champion_ during the night, and the flotillas became somewhat scattered. At 12.30 A.M. a large vessel, taken at first for one of our own ships, crossed the rear of the flotilla at high speed, passing close to the _Petard_ and _Turbulent_. She rammed the _Turbulent_ and opened a heavy fire on both the _Turbulent_ and _Petard_; the _Turbulent_ sank and the _Petard_ was damaged. At 2.35 A.M. the destroyer _Moresby_, of the 13th Flotilla, sighted four battleships of the “Deutschland” class, and attacked, firing one torpedo; an explosion was subsequently heard. It was impossible to state with certainty which of our destroyers were actually successful in their attacks. The enemy, of course, denied that any marked success was obtained by our attacks, but information obtained after the action made it certain that at least four battleships of the “Dreadnought” type were hit by torpedoes, in addition to the pre-Dreadnought battleship _Pommern_, which was admitted to have been sunk by a torpedo, as was the light cruiser _Rostock_. Although the credit for the successful attacks cannot be attributed to particular destroyers, the work of the flotillas as a whole, and particularly of the 4th and 12th Flotillas, was characterised by the splendid dash, skill and gallantry for which our destroyers had been conspicuous throughout the War. They were most ably led and achieved magnificent work under very difficult conditions.