One armored cruiser of the Cressy class suddenly appeared close to
     a German battleship and was shot into fire after forty seconds, and
     sank in four minutes.

The Florent (?) Destroyer 60, (the names were hard to decipher in the darkness and therefore were uncertainly established) and four destroyers—­3, 78, 06, and 27—­were destroyed by our fire.  One destroyer was cut in two by the ram of a German battleship.  Seven destroyers, including the G-30, were hit and severely damaged.  These, including the Tipperary and Turbulent, which after saving survivors, were left behind in a sinking condition, drifted past our line, some of them burning at the bow or stern.

The tracks of countless torpedoes were sighted by the German ships, but only the Pommern (a battleship) fell an immediate victim to a torpedo.  The cruiser Rostock was hit, but remained afloat.  The cruiser Elbing was damaged by a German battleship during an unavoidable maneuver.  After vain endeavors to keep the ship afloat the Elbing was blown up, but only after her crew had embarked on torpedo boats.  A post torpedo boat was struck by a mine laid by the enemy.

Admitted losses—­British

Name tonnage personnel

Queen Mary (battle cruiser)          27,000      1,000
Indefatigable (battle cruiser)       18,750        800
Invincible (battle cruiser)          17,250        750
Defense (armored cruiser)            14,600        755
Warrior (armored cruiser)            13,550        704
Black Prince (armored cruiser)       13,550        704
Tipperary (destroyer)                 1,850        150
Turbulent (destroyer)                 1,850        150
Shark (destroyer)                       950        100
Sparrowhawk (destroyer)                 950        100
Ardent  (destroyer)                     950        100
Fortune (destroyer)                     950        100
Nomad (destroyer)                       950        100
Nestor (destroyer)                      950        100

Britishtotals

Battle cruisers                      63,000      2,550
Armored cruisers                     41,700      2,163
Destroyers                            9,400        900

Fourteen ships 114,100 5,613

Admitted losses—­German[A]

Name tonnage personnel

Lutzow (battle cruiser)              26,600      1,200
Pommern (battleship)                 13,200        729
Wiesbaden (cruiser)                   5,600        450
Frauenlob (cruiser)                   2,715        264
Elbing (cruiser)                      5,000        450
Rostock (cruiser)                     4,900        373
Five destroyers                       5,000        500

Germantotals

Battle cruisers                      39,800      1,929