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Another great feat in the naval history of the war was the mine field between Scotland and Norway, which was planned and executed under the direction of Admiral Sims. This barrage, stretching from the Orkney Islands to the coast of Norway, a distance of about 230 nautical miles, was handled entirely by Americans and laid by a squadron of United States merchant ships which had been converted into mine-layers, over 70,000 mines having been put out into the North Sea. This barrage was undoubtedly a contributory cause of the mutiny which demoralized the German fleet in the fall...
Mullen, E. F., 11 Orkney Rd., Brookline...
...followed by the Earl of Orkney, who held the nominal title of governor for forty years, but who governed by means of deputies whom he sent out. Perhaps the most famous of these was Alexander Spottswood, who came over in 1710. His most memorable act was the conducting of an expedition, consisting of fifty men, over the hitherto unexplored Blue Ridge into the Shenandoah Valley. Spottswood too was in 1722 removed as the result of a dispute with Dr. Blair concerning the governors right to appoint the clergy to their parishes...