At 16:00, the British and German battlecruiser forces encountered each other and began a running gun fight south, back towards Scheer's battle fleet.[40] During this portion of the battle, Hipper's ships destroyed the battlecruisers Indefatigable and Queen Mary.[41] Upon reaching the High Seas Fleet, Vice Admiral David Beatty's battlecruisers turned back to the north to lure the Germans towards the rapidly approaching Grand Fleet, under the command of Admiral John Jellicoe.[42] During the run to the north, Hipper's ships continued to engage both Beatty's battlecruisers and the Queen Elizabeth-class battleships of the 5th Battle Squadron.[43]