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Broad grins? Now why would Hanzik and Stang be glad to hand Coblentz and Glock off to someone else? The Vulcaneers will do Helgoland some good, but not help the COs blood pressure that much.

Borys' wetness, hunger and misery know no bounds. He thinks they're bad now. Wait until he sees that the north-bound plumes southwest of him are from British dreadnaughts. I'm betting the stuff Northeast of him, that gave such loud answers to his questions, are the "Greek twins." He may have a chance of launching another pickle, er, torpedo at the cruisers unless they drive him into the DNs. Getting away looks like a lower-probability entry in the list of outcomes.

There are a lot of signals flying up and down halyards. You try to convey a hectic time, but not a lot of confusion. The flag signalling was good enough to send a lot of short messages in a short time as they are doing. The written orders work for more complicated situations, at least if you're not in a sieg.

Now for my guesses as to what's happening:

Letters and Hanzik in the wounded Moltke along with the two smaller LCs will escort the liners to port quickly. I don't see him parading Adm Napier in front of the American press before they get to port. The great Pasha will also be disappointed not to receive the greeting and thanks of the HSF commander until they disembark.

Rudberg will bring the 4 remaining DNs to port when Helgoland is ready to move. He'll have some screen, probably the TBs that have no torpedoes left.

Necki has already written his own orders in anticipation. He's getting the battle-worthy DNs and BCs. Force Necki is the task group to which the term "Force" applies. It would be a real disappointment if the written orders are not what he anticipates. The only question is what screen does he have.

Strassburg, Rostock, Kolberg and Augsburg are shown forming screen, being attached to each other and having TBs attached to them. The text does not say who Von Hoban is attached to: Necki, Rudberg or Letters. Strassburg is assigned to Necki, not Von Hoban. I'd think fresh LCs and torpedo-equipped TB should be part of Force Necki, but only if they have enough fuel.

Nits:
The intrepid pirate Borys is said to be on s.35 in the Rostock paragraph, but then on s.31 in his own POV