Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1911-07-21
DISPUTE
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again at night aud hostiltties were re-
neWed.
The amateur tars from Maine Mas
saenusetts Rhode Island. Connect
cut. New York, New Jersey, Pennsyl-
vania, South Carolina and the Dis
trict of Columbia were In the thick
of the lighting but they returned
home today with a very hay idea of
what they had accomplished as
whole. but a very vivid recollection
of what II means 10 be on a war YES
sci in theoretical action.
According TO the officers of the
Red fleet this is what happened: The
torpedo boat destroyer Lamson pick
ed up 4 Blue scout ship miles
south Of No Mans Land and sank
her, theoretically. The night was
dark and the sea was ehoppy and the
commander of the Lamson. Lieut..
Commander John NJ. Lubin, could
not tell the Identity of the craft.
Then a division composed of eight
hattleships and the armored cruiser
Washington in command of Rear
Admiral Aaron Ward, on board the
battleship Missouri, and accompanied
py the scout cruisers Chester and
Salem, was met by a fleet of destroy
ers belonging to the defensive squad
ror, and il is claimed by the Red"
officers that two battleships were
torpedoed. The Blue fleet then stood
to the northward towards Gay Head.
and as they did SO the Red DESTROY
ers closed in upon them and began
a simultaneous attack. which the of +.
ficers of the defensive fleet claim was
highly successful.
Next, Commander Eberlee's flagship
Dixie took a position about five miles in
front of the Blue fleet, throwing out
theoretically mines and al the same time
the destroyers Preston, Burrows and
Smith each theoretically sank an invad-
ing battleship by means of torpedoes.
Soon afterwards the invaders reached the
submarine line, when the mine and an
other battleship We're blown up by subma-
rine Narwhal in theory. Still another
battleship suffered imaginary destruction
by the submarines.
Some of the battleships anchored 10
miles west of Martha's Vineyard. but
failed to secure base up to a. NJ. AS
the matter now stands each side believes
it has won the victory The invaders
say they have successfully parted the line
of defence To the entrance of Narragan-
sett bay. the strategic key The officers
of the fleet of the defence declare that
the battleships of the invading fleet were
theoretically destroyed before they came
within striking distance of either strateg-
ic position.
Later in the day another belated dis
patch was received from Commander
Eberle, of the Red" defensive lieet.
adding to his claim of victory over the
attacking battleship fleet. He reported
that his destroyers picked up the
Blues main fleet last night at 1890
about 80 miles south by west from No
Mans Land. The attacking fleet had
thrown out scouts and had tried to de-
fend it's rear but destroyer. the Lam
son. succeeded in torpedoing a battle
ship before the searchlights found
her Then the rest of the destroyers
dashed into the fleet and claimed to
have hit seven battleships.
Meanwhile, the submarines Narwhale
and Salmon fired torpedoes into three
battlesl'ips, while the torpedo Dixie
was strewing in the pathway of the
surviving battleships floating mines
that served as a screen for the subma-
tine boats.
After midnight the attacking fleet
went to anchor in the open sea. Il
miles west of No Mans Land, and the
destroyers and submarines were about
to destroy them all over again when
Admiral Osterhaus signalled that the
exercises were finished and the little
wasp-like torpedo boats returned to
Newport, the naval militia vessels go
ing to Gardeners bay.