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 CHAPTER VIII

soon as the main bodies of the fleets were left to themselves, the Anglo-Saxon Admiral-in-Chief noticed that he was outnumbered to the extent of more than two ships to one, for, although a large number of the enemy's ships had departed, they seemed to have obtained a fresh supply from some invisible source. He telegraphed back to the division he had sent in pursuit to rejoin him, but they did not answer or appear. The reason of this was, as they afterwards found out, that the Sirians had sent waves of Ednogen through the surrounding space, so that the Anglo-Saxons could not send any telegraphic messages to their rear. The Admiral 7—2