 On 21 April , the Grand Fleet conducted a demonstration off Horns Reef to distract the Germans , while the Russian Navy relaid its defensive minefields in the Baltic Sea . The fleet returned to Scapa Flow on 24 April and refuelled , before proceeding south in response to intelligence reports that the Germans were about to launch a raid on Lowestoft . The Grand Fleet did not arrive in the area until after the Germans had withdrawn . During 2 – 4 May , the fleet conducted another demonstration off Horns Reef to keep German attention focused on the North Sea . 
 On 21 April , the Grand Fleet conducted a demonstration off Horns Reef to distract the Germans , while the Russian Navy <a href='uninflect' title='1'><mark>relaid</mark></a> its defensive minefields in the Baltic Sea . The fleet returned to Scapa Flow on 24 April and <a href='uninflect' title='2'><mark>refuelled</mark></a> , before proceeding south in response to intelligence reports that the Germans <a href='uninflect' title='3'><mark>were</mark></a> about to launch a raid on Lowestoft . The Grand Fleet did not arrive in <a href='None' title='4'><mark>the</mark></a><a href='negative_concord' title='5'><mark>area</mark></a> until after the Germans <a href='been_done' title='6'><mark>had</mark></a> withdrawn . During 2 – 4 May , the fleet conducted another demonstration off Horns Reef to keep German attention focused on the North Sea . 
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