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go with the eggs again, midnight we are nearing the same old place 1am 20^th we start to lay get 50 over and we are spotted the Shore Batteries open up on us but luck we are right in close and they sail right over the top of us can hear them whizz over, even down below, makes one sweat a bit behind the ears. We dash off out to mid channel quite neat Folkestone, 3.30 they decide we cannot get back and lay the mines before day break so we return to Pompey arrive about noon 20^th. 21^st Sail from…

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