The Fearless picked up more than twenty survivors, including several who were badly wounded. Twelve died on the way to Harwich and were buried at sea. Two destroyers brought about fifty German wounded. The Fearless came between 2 and 3 o'clock this morning. Bhe convoyed about thirty Germans Lord Tredegar's Red Cross yacht, which is being utilized asa hospital ship.
All the morning the arrival of the destroyers was watched by a large crowd on the pier, and many rousing cheers were given for the British sailors. All the tugboats hoisted the Red Cross flag and assisted in the removal of the wounded to the pier, 'The men were carried on stretchers by the boys of the hospital hearers' corps, clad in white duck overalls.
They were grouped on the end of the pier, and worked in parties of four. At one time I counted fifteen groups making their way up the hillside.
Several of the wounded were badly injured about the head. One German who was being lifted from the tug to the pier made an effort to thank his rescuers by signs. The officers in charge of the arrangements for the removal of the wounded repeatedly exhorted the bearers to go carefully, and the German wounded were handled with the same care as the British wounded.
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