 By this time, "Justice" was serving as the flagship of "CA" Tracou, the commander of the 2nd Division of the 2nd Squadron.While at sea, the new dreadnought battleships and and the "Danton"-class battleships and , which took over as the convoy's escort.Instead of attacking the convoys, "Goeben" bombarded Bône and Philippeville and then fled east to the Ottoman Empire.