"British victory" . "23pxGermany" . . "1914-10-17Z"^^ . "5wounded" . "4destroyers" . "4torpedo boats" . . . "3 destroyers damaged" . "Battle off Texel"@en . . "1light cruiser," . . . . "The Battle off Texel, also known as the Action off Texel or the Action of 17 October 1914, was a naval battle off the coast of the Dutch island of Texel during the First World War where a British squadron consisting of one light cruiser and four destroyers on a routine patrol encountered the remnants of the German 7th Half Flotilla of torpedo boats, which was en route to the British coast on a mission to lay minefields."@en . .