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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."

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