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From the British perspective, for the time being, it seemed as if the battle had ended.
The great battlecruiser line had slowed, its nine ships easing their engines as they drew close to the wreckage field, their hulls settling into the calm Atlantic as though the sea itself demanded a pause. Around them, the escort screen surged forward, destroyers and light cruisers following in steady formation—as they moved among the debris to recover the survivors. Boats were lowered, lines cast, and men were hauled from the water where they clung to shattered hulls and drifting wreckage, their voices carrying faintly across the still air.
It was not victory.
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