But the main battle had now swept on; and the fact that the _Blücher_ was left to her fate is the best indication, perhaps, of the injuries already sustained by her speedier and stronger consorts. It was not until a quarter to eleven, however, that the _Blücher_, then far astern, definitely turned north out of the line; and, before this had happened, the German light cruisers and destroyers had closed in from the starboard and were threatening a torpedo attack. The {95} British light forces were accordingly ordered up to prevent this, the _Lion_ and _Tiger_ also opening upon the enemy destroyers. The attack never materialized, however; was possibly only a feint; and would in any case have been checkmated by the admirable handling of the _M_ division of destroyers under Captain the Hon H. Meade, and particularly, perhaps, of the destroyer _Meteor_ under Lieutenant Frederick Peters. This destroyer, with the _Lion_ and _Tiger_, was the only British vessel to suffer material damage; and her position at one time, in the full field of bombardment, was one that her crew are never likely to forget. This was soon after eleven, when the _Lion_, who had drawn more than her namesake's share of the German fire, had been struck by a chance shot that reduced her speed to ten knots an hour. The rest of the destroyers and light cruisers had by this time dropped astern again, the majority on the starboard or disengaged side, while others, on the port side, had turned northward after the _Blücher_. After the _Lion_ had been hit, however, the _Meteor_ was ordered up to cover her, thereby steaming under the salvos from both sides; and it is possible to glean an idea or two of what this meant from the account of it afterward written by one of her officers.