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1916.
due, consequently, nothing else was talked of.
Jan. 26.
However, just two days before we were to have gone on leave, we were very suddenly sent to sea in company with "New Zealand" & "Indefatigable", accompanied by seven destroyers, with light cruisers in advance for scouting purposes. Our destination was the Skagarack, off the West coast of Denmark, where German minelayers were to pass 24 hours after our departure from Rosyth, according to information received by the Admiralty. These we were to destroy, unless they were accompanied by a superior force to ourselves, when we were to retire in a North-Westerly direction, presumably until sufficient help was available. So many of these excursions had proved fruitless, that we were getting indifferent about the whole thing, especially this particular expedition, as it had been the cause of our leave being postponed.
Jan. 27
Our light cruisers went right in as far as the Skaw, but failed to see anything, while we supported them as far as 8° Long. E., from which position we could faintly see the coasts of both Norway & Denmark.
Jan. 28
The following morning a further search was made, but our luck was "dead out", & we were compelled to turn empty away.
Jan. 29.
The following day we arrived at our base, & completed with coal.