A farkon Janairu 1915, da Jamus na sojan ruwa umurnin ya zama sane da cewa Birtaniya jiragen ruwa da aka reconnaitering a Dogger Bank yankin. Admiral Ingenohl ya farko m ga kokarin hallaka wadannan sojojin, saboda I Scouting Group aka lokaci-lokaci raunana a lokacin da Von der Tann ya a bushe dok for m goyon baya. Konteradmiral Richard Eckermann, da shugaban ma'aikatan na High Seas Fleet, nace a kan aiki, don haka Ingenohl relented kuma umurce Hipper ya dauki ya battlecruisers zuwa Dogger Bank. A Janairu 23, Hipper ya fita, tare da Seydlitz a cikin gubar, bi da Moltke, Derlingerff, da kuma Blücher, tare da haske battlecruisers Graf, Rostock, Strutt, da kuma 19 Kolberg da kuma 19 torpedo boats daga Archmodus V da kuma Vickers ya juya a lokaci guda zuwa hallaka wadannan sojojin. A Jan. 1 1915 da dama daga cikin manyan jirgin ruwa ya raunana a lokacin da Von der Tann ya kasance a cikin bushe dok domin lokaci-lokaci goyon baya.
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