midnight
-LSB- Footnote 2 : Periscope . -- ETIENNE . -RSB- As I write we are on the surface about ten miles east of the Isle of Wight , still steering down channel . To-night at midnight we report our position to Zeebrugge , up till now we have maintained wireless silence for fear of the British and French directional stations picking up our signals and fixing our position . After supper this evening Von Weissman explained to me the general plan of our operations for the next eight days . Our cruising billet is about 150 miles south-west of the Scillys , at the focal point where trade for Liverpool and Bristol and the up-channel trade diverges . Von Weissman says that this is a plum billet and we should do well .