destroyers were lightly damaged. Legion had one shell hit and one man was wounded by machine-gun fire. Loyal was hit twice and had three or four men wounded. Lance had superficial machine-gun damage and the other vessels were unscathed. Order of battle Royal Navy 3rd Destroyer Flotilla (detachment), Captain Cecil H. Fox, Captain (D) , light cruiser acting as flotilla leader 1st division, 3rd Destroyer Flotilla , destroyer; Commander Wion de M. Egerton, division commander , destroyer; Lieutenant-Commander Clement. R. Dane, commander , destroyer; Lieutenant-Commander Claud F. Allsup, commander , destroyer; Lieutenant-Commander Burges Watson, commander German Navy 7th Torpedoboat Half-flotilla, Korvettenkapitän Georg Thiele, commander , torpedo boat, flagship; Oberleutnant zur See Wilhelm Windel, commander , torpedo boat; Kapitänleutnant Erich Beckert, commander , torpedo boat; Kapitänleutnant Georg Sohnke, commander , torpedo boat; Kapitänleutnant Hans Mushacke, commander Notes Citations References Books Journals Websites Further reading North Sea operations of World War I Naval battles of World War I involving the United Kingdom Naval battles of World War I involving Germany Conflicts in 1914 October 1914 events