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By this time it was past six, and the enemy's van and ours were at too great a distance to engage, I perceived some of their ships stretching to the northward; and I imagined they were going to form a new line.

John Byng

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Um diese Zeit war es schon nach sechs, und der Lieferwagen des Feindes und unseres befanden sich in einer zu großen Entfernung, als dass ich ihn angreifen könnte. Ich sah einige ihrer Schiffe, die sich nach Norden erstreckten; und ich stellte mir vor, sie würden eine neue Linie bilden.

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