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and obviously it was Sir David's duty to draw them 
iiurtinvard. rutlu-r tliau to seek dose aiui deoisivi- action. 
The Heroic Hood 
At about 6 odock the hrst reinforccuuiit hoiii Ihit 
firand Fleet came upon the seene, and Sir David now 
W'infi bulliciently ahead ol the (icnnans to execute tlu- 
)iyl)t niaiiuuvre. turned eic'ht (mints to starboard, thus 
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Plan W. Approximately <).^0— T.O p.m. 
forciuf^ the (icnn;m'hne to tiu'n also or be enfiladed, 
shortly after this turn, say at about 6.10 or 6.15. Admiral 
Hood with Iininciblc. Iiiflcxihlc and 1 udomitahle swung 
i:allantly into line alnad of the Vice- Admiral, and at 
unce opened a very accurate lire on the leading German 
^lups. Almost immediately, however, Injincih'.c shared 
the fate of Qitecn Mary and ludcfatigithlc. 
The Dash of the Cruisers 
Sir John Jellicoe's fleet was now deploying for an im- 
mediate attack on the German fleet. To enable the 
(,rand Fleet to make its attack. Sir David Beatty forged 
head as fast as possible to the east, after ordering Rear- 
A Iminil Mvan Thomas to take station with the battleships. 
Tiie battle cruisers had by this time done their task and 
the finish of the action was to be Jianded over to the 
Commander-in-Cli|ef. The Germans, to whom the immin- 
ent participation of Sir John JcUicoe in the action was 
ipparent, promptly sent destroyers and light cruisers 
forward to hamper the British advance by torp>~do 
attacks. It was apparently to ward off or thwart these 
that Sir Robert, Arbiithnot — who was some little distance 
ahead of the battle stjuadron with his four cruisers— made 
a dash at the advancing line of light craft. This brought 
Inm under the lire of tlu' German main fleet, and two of 
his ships, one of them Ih-jcncc, the flagship, were immedi- 
ately sunk, and a tiiird. Warrior, was disabled. It w; s 
at this stage that Warspite (("aj^tain Phillpotts) dib- 
tingtiished herself by her brilliant shielding of Warrior. 
The Grand Fleet and the German Flight 
The next phase of the action was the short and in- 
decisive engagement between the main fleets. It was 
indecisive largelj' because the fog had become thicker, 
and short because von Scheer realisc-d the hopelessness 
of a regular artillery combat with the British Commander- 
in-Chief's forces. But it lasted long enough to show 
von Scheer what would happen if it continued. Iron 
Duke and the other leading ships got in some useful 
salvoes, but hardly had the leading squadrons become 
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JcUicocs pursuif 
Plan v.— Grand Fleet joina action, opproxiniately 7—7.30 p.m. 
Plan VI. -May 3!sl. Appro.ximately 8.0 p.m. till mldiiljilit. 
en,gaKed than a disorderly flight began, tiie dt'tails of 
which are far too confused for Narration or diagrammatic 
reproduction. So long as daylight lasted the German 
destroyers and light craft did all that was possible to 
protect their main forces. F"irst they sent up biragcs 
of sm.)ke, which mixing with the fog and mist, made a 
barrier impenetrable to sight ; secondly, they darted 
in groups of four and five out of this barrage to launch 
torpedoes against the ad\ancing British ships. In tin 
result the German F'leet was well off in its flight before 
Sir John Jellicoe could either locate its position or shake 
off the destroyers for an organised pursuit. The pursuit 
was, however, carried on until the gradually, fading day- 
light made gunnery imi>ossible and the battleships consc- 
cpientlv useless. 
Sir David Beatty, in the meantime, in pushing forward 
eastward to enable the battleships of the Grand Meet to 
come into action, had a .second objective in view as well 
In getting between the German Fleet and the coast of 
