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Rh there came, a mile or more astern, the van of the battleship line—one—two—three—eight in all: the German dreadnoughts. And now the battle-cruisers began to swing around, at full speed, in a wide turn to port, following in the wake of their flagship, Derfflinger, until they had made a turn of 16 points, and were heading to the east. Simultaneously, each ship of the two battleship divisions swung around, with helm hard over, until it had turned 16 points. When the maneuver was completed, the Germans were heading east in two parallel columns, the battleship column abreast of us at a distance of 16,000 yards, and the battle-cruisers some 5,000 yards off their starboard bow and 21,000 yards from our line.

In order to secure more of an offing from the Cuban coast, and obtain ample room for maneuvering, our Admiral signaled for every ship to turn four points