Of the original five German destroyers, there were now two remaining in the line. Two minutes after ramming, the _Broke_ succeeded in wrenching herself free from her sinking adversary, and turned to ram the last boat in the line. She failed in this achievement, but as she swung round succeeded in hitting this boat’s consort on the stem with a torpedo. Hotly engaged with these two fleeing destroyers, the _Broke_ then attempted to follow _Swift_ in the direction in which she was last seen; a shell, however, struck _Broke_ in the boiler-room, disabling her main engines. The enemy were then lost to sight in the darkness. Still carrying considerable way, _Broke_ altered course and headed in the direction of a destroyer heavily on fire, whose crew, on sighting the _Broke_, sent up loud shouts for mercy. She was burning fiercely, and, regardless of the danger from her magazines exploding, _Broke_ steered towards her, still moving slowly through the water. The shouts and cries of ‘Save! Save!’ were redoubled, when she unexpectedly opened fire. _Broke_ being then out of control and unable to manœuvre or extricate herself, silenced the treachery with four rounds and then, to ensure her own safety, fired a torpedo and hit her amidships. In the meanwhile the _Swift_ had continued her pursuit of the leading boat until injuries she had received in the earlier phases of the action, though in themselves slight, prevented her from maintaining full speed. She thereupon abandoned the chase and turned in search of a fresh quarry. The outline of a stationary destroyer was presently sighted in the darkness ahead, and as she drew near a confused noise of voices resolved itself into more distinct and evidently organised sounds, as from a large number of men shouting together in time. Warily, and somewhat perplexed by the uproar, the _Swift_ approached with her guns trained on the stranger. This presently resolved itself into the sinking German destroyer that had been rammed by _Broke_, whose crew were bellowing in unison: “WE SURRENDER! WE SURRENDER!’ With a not unreasonable suspicion of treachery, the _Swift_ awaited developments. Apparently realising their breath would be wanted for more energetic measures, the crew of the German destroyer presently stopped shouting. She heeled slowly over, while her ship’s company hastily took to the water, and sank stern first. As no other enemy appeared to be in sight, and the action, which had lasted approximately five minutes, appeared to be over, the _Swift_ switched on searchlights and lowered boats to rescue the swimmers. _Swift_ and _Broke_ then proceeded to exchange details of the “bag” by the medium of a flashing lamp and (_Broke’s_ circuits having been cut) an electric torch. Their respective ship’s companies having given vent to some pardonable exhilaration by cheering each other out of the darkness till they were hoarse, both British destroyers anchored and patiently awaited the dawn.