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170 been badly knocked about in their upper works and some of the turrets had been disabled, the water line was intact on every ship. Victory was in sight, and we on the fire-control platform were jubilantly slapping each other on the back, when, happening to look landwards (we were now clearing Cape Maysi, the extreme easterly point of Cuba), I saw the leading ships of a column of warships moving past the point and bearing down diagonally upon our port bow.

I touched the spotter on the shoulder: "Carlisle, look at that; what is it?"

He swung his glasses upon the fleet (it was clear of the point by now). "That, my dear sir, is the other and stronger half of the German fleet, four Koenigs and the five Kaisers."

"Good Heavens! Then we are in for it."