Pakutanga kwaJanuary 1915, mauto ehondo yeGermany akaziva kuti ngarava dzeBritain dzaive dzichiongorora munzvimbo yeDogger Bank. Admiral Ingenohl pakutanga akanga asingadi kuedza kuparadza mauto aya, nekuti I Scouting Group yakanga yakaderera zvishoma nezvishoma panguva imwe chete Von der Tann akanga ari muhomwe yekuchengetedza nguva nenguva. Konteradmiral Richard Eckermann, Mutungamiriri weVashandi veHigh Seas Fleet, akaomerera pakuita basa, uye saka Ingenohl akarega uye akarayira Hipper kuti atore mauto ake ehondo kuDogger Bank.
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