Original sentence: The memoirs of Alexander Grant, Gunner on Lion, suggest that some British officers were aware of the dangers of careless handling of cordite:
Edited sentence: During the early stages of the war the German battlecruisers suffered from equally poor cordite handling practices.It was not until the Battle of Dogger Bank, where Seydlitz was nearly lost to a similar, catastrophic magazine explosion, that the Germans became aware of the dangers of poor cordite handling procedures.It was only after this incident that the Germans rectified this serious problem.The memoirs of Alexander Grant, gunner on Lion, show that some British officers were well aware of the dangers of careless handling of cordite:.The ship was only saved through the heroic actions of Wilhelm Heidkamp, who opened white-hot valves which flooded the turret