In the actions that were fought in the North Sea whenever the heavy ships of the enemy came out and encountered our own, the light Harwich Force played its part in harassing the enemy and in invaluable reconnaissance. In the battle of the Dogger Bank, January 28, 1915, its object was to sight the enemy battle cruisers and to put our own upon them. It will be remembered that on this occasion the German battle cruisers turned and hurried towards home as soon as they sighted our ships. The battle therefore resolved itself into a stern chase on the part of Admiral Beatty's fleet, which gradually gained on the enemy and closed the range. The enemy's destroyers covering the German retirement delivered vigorous attacks in order to delay the pursuit, but were driven back by our destroyers of the Harwich flotillas. When the German armoured cruiser _Bluecher_, which had been damaged badly by our fire, dropped astern of the German line, the _Indomitable_ was detached to finish her off, and while thus engaged was screened by the 1st Destroyer Division of the Harwich force. The _Arethusa_ gave the _coup de grace_ to the _Bluecher_ with a torpedo and sank her. The _Arethusa_ and the destroyers were picking up the survivors of the _Bluecher_ when a Taube flew overhead and attacked the boats with bombs, killing Germans struggling in the water as well as some of our own men. So the _Arethusa_ recalled the boats. Otherwise more of the _Bluecher's_ crew might have been saved. The final duty of the Harwich Force on this occasion was to screen the _Indomitable_ while she towed the disabled _Lion_ back to the Grand Fleet base in the Firth of Forth. During the Lowestoft raid of April 25, 1916, while the German battle cruisers were bombarding our coast, the Harwich Force did good work. The _Conquest_, flying the Commodore's pennant, the _Cleopatra_, and sixteen destroyers were sent out to distract the attention of the enemy and, if possible, torpedo some of his ships. While carrying out this duty they suffered severely. They sighted four enemy battle cruisers screened by light cruisers and destroyers. They made a vigorous attack upon this screening force, and this compelled the German battle cruisers, which at the time were bombarding Lowestoft, to cover their own light craft by turning their attention on the Harwich Force. The latter, now exposed to a heavy fire from the enemy big ships as well as from the light cruisers and destroyers, had to turn and retire.