Dover, Kent. About one o'clock on the afternoon of the 16th June, 1961, news was received that four soldiers had been cut off by the tide near the South Foreland lighthouse. There was a light south-westerly breeze with a slight sea. At 1.14 the life-boat Southern Africa, with a small boat in tow, put to sea around high water. The small boat, with the second coxswain of the life- boat in charge, went inshore and res- cued the four soldiers, who had found refuge on the cliffs. They were taken to the life-boat, which was lying off shore, and landed at Dover harbour. The life- boat returned to her station at 1.56..