Scheer had no indication that Jellicoe was at sea, let alone that he was bearing down from the north-west, and was distracted by the intervention of Hood's ships to his north and east.
Scheer non tiña ningún indicio de que Jellicoe estaba no mar, e moito menos que se dirixía cara o noroeste, e distraeuse coa intervención dos barcos de Hood ao seu norte e leste.