Reginald Bacon 
Dover Patrol, 1915-1917 

Whilst the greatest effort has been made to ensure the quality of this text, due to the historical nature of this content, in some rare cases there may be minor issues with legibility. Again, on any misty day with a visibility of, say, not more than five miles, the enemy might have tried a raid on our cross Channel transports. Our force was very weak, but, what ever happened, every destroyer, not boiler – cleaning, would have been ready to engage to prevent the raid or to get some satisfaction out of the enemy before he left. Had we had three times the destroyer force, I could have arranged for an easier routine, but, as numbers stood, this was impossible.