How is the naval battle in Helgolan Bay going?

Helgolan Bay is the southeast waters of the North Sea, close to the German coast. It is named after Helgolan Island in the center of the Gulf. Helgolan Bay occupies a place in history because during the First World War, the German Navy and the British Navy conducted two large-scale naval battles in the bay.

The first naval battle in Helgolan Bay took place in the west of Helgolan Island on August 28th 19 14. Among the troops participating in the war, the British side has a naval detachment commanded by Brigadier General Tilhuite, a battle cruiser group commanded by Betty vice admiral, a naval squadron commanded by Brigadier General Goodnow, and another submarine column. Germany has 1 and 5 destroyer columns and 7 light cruisers.

According to the British command's attempt, the British navy should suddenly attack the German ships guarding Helgolan Bay, cut off their retreat to the base and destroy them. In order to lure Germany's fifth destroyer column and light cruisers "Szczecin" and "Flawn Loeb" out to sea, the British Navy sent submarines to feint near Helgolan Island. At 0500 hours, a British submarine attacked a German patrol boat. In order to search for and destroy this submarine, Germany dispatched the fifth destroyer column. At 0650 hours, the German warship came into contact with the detachment of Tilvitt and began to retreat to Helgolan Island. Near Helgolan Island, the German light cruisers "Shiqeqing" and "Flawn Loeb" went into battle, and then five light cruisers went into battle, while on the British side, Goodnow's mid-team leader went into battle. Because of the fog, the battle turned into an uncoordinated fire conflict between ships. At noon, several battle cruiser ships of British Lieutenant General Betty's fleet arrived at the battle site, thus enabling the British navy to win the battle safely. By 4 o'clock, the battle is over.

The losses of the German navy are: three light cruisers, 1 destroyer and 1 minesweeper were sunk. Two light cruisers and three destroyers of the British Navy were seriously damaged. The British command failed to fully realize the battle plan, which was caused by the destruction of the shadow of action, poor coordination and organization between ships and poor communication and organization between teams.

The second naval battle in Helgolan Bay took place in191717171707. On that day, the fleet under the command of German Major General Reuters covered the minesweeper to clear mines in the northwest channel of Helgolan Island. The British command decided to sabotage the demining work in Germany.

At 0735 hours, under the unified command of Admiral Pakenham, four British naval squadrons approached the mine-clearing area and opened fire on German ships. German ships used smoke screens to retreat to the southeast and move closer to their own support forces. Because British warships were not fully aware of the location of mine obstacles, they hesitated in pursuit and failed to give full play to their military advantages. Major General Reuters's fleet ensured the retreat of his minesweeper, delaying the battle until the battleship arrived. At 0950 hours, these battleships opened heavy fire on the British ship, forcing it to retreat at 10. During the battle, a German minesweeper was sunk and several British cruisers and German cruisers were injured.