Derfflinger, rẹ titun commissioned ara ọkọ Lützow, ati awọn ogbologbo Moltke, Seydlitz ati Von der Tann sile awọn Jade Estuary ni 10:55 on 24 April. Wọn ti wa ni atilẹyin nipasẹ kan ibojuwo agbara ti 6 ina cruisers ati meji torpedo ọkọ flolas. awọn ti o wuwo sipo ti awọn High Seas Fleet, labẹ awọn aṣẹ ti Admiral Reinhard Scheer, sailed ni 13:40, pẹlu awọn afojusun lati pese distant support fun Bocker ká ọkọ. awọn British Admiralty ti a ṣe mọ ti awọn German sortie nipasẹ awọn interception ti alailowaya hulls, ati ki awọn ọkọ oju omi wà labẹ awọn aṣẹ ti Konteradmiral Friedrich Boedicker.
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