Norwich bulletin., 1911-07-19
A Fog Favors
The Invaders
BANK COVERS WATERS EAST OF
FISHERS ISLAND.
HISTORY MAY BE REPEATED
Attacking Fleet May Get Through the
Race Undetected in War Game
Guards Doubled at All of the Forts.

Block Island, r. L, July 1s-F1eeting
gHmpses of torpedo boat destroyers
and submarines as they scudded about
on the watch for invaders were the
to the residents of Watch Hill, Block
Island, Newport and other places
within the war zone today.
Two Destroyers Disappear.
Two destroyers remained in the vi
cinity of Block Island the greater part
of the day, but disappeared in the dis
tance late in the afternoon, While the
tiny vessels of the submarine fleet We're
seen on several occasions off Point
Judith, Brenton's Reef and elsewhere
in the Narragansett Bay district. All
kept well off shore, so that their iden-
tity could not be ascertained.
Wireless is Eliminated.
Following the rule laid down by the
war department that the use of wire
less be eliminated, the ships of both
the attacking and defending fleets re-
fused today to answer calls. Wireless
operators at Newport tried for hours
to connect with the Connecticut, the
flagship of the invading feet, to deliver
a message but without avail.
Watching for the Searchligfts.
All along the southern shore of Mas
sachusetts and Rhode Island residents
are keeping awake tonight watching
for the flashing of the searchlights and
other indications that the enemy" IS
near and that the EXPECTED battle" is
on.
War to Start Before Friday Noon.
Although it had been generally un-
derstood here that the war was not
to begin until midnight, it was learned
officially tonight that the hour of start
ing the manoeuvres was within the
discretion of the commanders of the
fleets. Nsvy department officials stip-
ulated that the war should start some
time between dawn today and noon
Friday.
Four Subm arirses Off Point Judith.
Watch Hill. r. L. July 1s.-Four
submarines, each flying blue pen
nant. arrived off Point Judith this af-
ternoon. Two of them continued tow
ards Block Island. while the other two
came inside the breakwater. After
putting a dory overboard and anchor
the direction taken by the two leaders
and the fourth remained at anchor.
Fog East of Fishers Island.
Fishers Island, n. Y, July 1S.-A
bank of fog covers the waters to the
eastward of this island tonight, and it
drifted at sundown over Long Island
Sound. While the fortif1cations which
not take part in the war game, there
is lively interest among the officers
and artillerymen stationed at the va
rious batteries.
War Vessels Helped by Fog Nine Years
Ago.
It is recalled that nine years ago.
when the war game was played off
here with the forts as part of the de-
fense. several war vessels under cover
of the fog crept through the Race and
actually got by the guns of all the bat
teries and then anchored out Vt range
to the westward of this island.
Guards Doubled at Forts.
With fog to.assist the attacking fleet
tonight, the garrison here expects to
wake up in the morning and see some
of the smaller vessels off here. For
their own information. anticipatin
that the first attempt to slip by the de-
Tending feet which will be stretched
from Montauk Point to No Mans Land,
the officers at Forts H. G. Wright,
Niche, Mansfield and Terry have
doubled the guards and all have been
ordered to keep sharp watch to sea-
ward.