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"The next morning we saw nothing of the enemy, though we were still lying to."

John Byng, British Soldier

Enemy, Lying, Nothing

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"The next morning we saw nothing of the enemy, though we were still lying to."

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"The next morning we saw nothing of the enemy, though we were still lying to."

"Falling little wind, it was five before I could form my line, or distinguish any of the enemy's motions; and could not judge at all of their force, more than by numbers, which were seventeen, and thirteen appeared large."

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