▁the ▁coast al ▁town ▁of ▁S under land ▁in ▁an ▁attempt ▁to ▁draw ▁out ▁and ▁destroy ▁Beat ty ' s ▁battle c ru is ers . ▁The ▁rest ▁of ▁the ▁fleet , ▁including ▁Ost f ries land , ▁would ▁trail ▁behind ▁and ▁provide ▁cover . ▁On ▁the ▁approach ▁to ▁the ▁English ▁coast , ▁Sche er ▁turned ▁north ▁after ▁receiving ▁a ▁false ▁report ▁from ▁a ▁ze ppel in ▁about ▁a ▁British ▁unit ▁in ▁the ▁area . ▁As ▁a ▁result , ▁the ▁bomb ard ment ▁was ▁not ▁carried ▁out , ▁and ▁by ▁ 1 4 : 3 5 , ▁Sche er ▁had ▁been ▁war ned ▁of ▁the ▁Grand ▁Fle et ' s ▁approach ▁and ▁so ▁turned ▁his ▁forces ▁around ▁and ▁retre ated ▁to ▁German ▁ports . ▁ ▁On ▁ 2 5 – 2 6 ▁September , ▁Ost f ries land ▁and ▁the ▁rest ▁of ▁I   S quad ron ▁provided ▁support ▁for ▁a ▁swe ep ▁out ▁to ▁the ▁T ersch elling ▁Bank ▁conducted ▁by ▁the ▁II ▁F ühr er ▁der ▁Tor ped ob o ote ▁( L ead er ▁of ▁Tor ped o ▁Bo ats ). ▁Sche er ▁conducted ▁another ▁fleet ▁operation ▁on ▁ 1 8 – 2 0 ▁October ▁in ▁the ▁direction ▁of ▁the ▁Dog ger ▁Bank . ▁For ▁the ▁majority ▁of ▁ 1 9 1 7 , ▁Ost f ries land ▁was ▁assigned ▁to ▁guard ▁duty ▁in ▁the ▁German ▁B ight . ▁During ▁Operation ▁Alb ion , ▁the ▁am ph ib ious ▁assault ▁on ▁the ▁Russian - h eld ▁islands ▁in ▁the ▁G