The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1915-10-10
INVADERS WIN
Big WAR GAME;
j. s. FLEET SUNK
Night Torpedo Attack Enables
Landing on Delaware
Bay shore.
THEORETICAL VICTORY
FOR THE

VHEVh INNL Wv
FOR THE "GERMANS"
w,suivcToN. Oct. "A night torpedo
attack by the enemy resulted In the de-
,~,r,c,ion Of the home fleet. and the In
vaaer landed on the shore OF Delaware
Nav AZ 6 O'Clock Tonight, according
IA an announcement made ut the Navy
r,r,,,mcnt to-day of the conclusion OF
.ho ,oyol war game. which has been
g, ,rorrcss along the Atlantic coast since
LIST Monday.
Details Of the operation Of the enemy
s,d defending fleets hav not yet been
received at the Navy Department. but
Il Is known that Admiral Frank +.
Fletcher, commander In chief OF the
Atlantic feet. suffered IA complete de-
,,,i at the hands of the Red" or enemy
Zoo, The seas are announced to have
hssn cleared and the enemy liz in
n,sition to land his forces. except for
.n,h ouuoslt,on as the United states
army may be able to ohcr.
'rha rules of the laval war game are
such that all the opposing force has to
10 IS to establish n condition which
would. under ordinary circumstances.
max. 4, certain that the other force
would meet with destruction. II Is as
.un,d therefore, that what happened
"a Admiral Fletcher's battleship squad
pom was that it was surrounded by enemy
aes,,oyers who succeeded in getting close
~no,.r ., nak, torpedo markmanship
.o,,,ir before being discovered by the
h,,,Ischips,
u...us M. u,..,o..a.
Naval officers explained to-nisnt I'M.
Il was Impossible to determine tne tuii
e,taiis nave been received. The whole
value oi the oeth"hs'i"'ron WIN u. NV
eny 10 th'St III tne see'e' VI ~ "a.
gam anu lhlor""eu az W ~.
sstrloed 10 'he a','cNine io'ees' :.
j. uh''rs'pou '""t 'he enemy ls,..
9 fleet and an equipment theoretically
about equal 10 that OF inc uer"ahs
Iiyy that is. superior. to the American
forces.
Admiral Fletcher had fifteen battle
ships under his command. His force also
~
q mining division and a number OF
aux.lIarle>. The game was more OF a
tast OF the United states navy than has
usually been the case. as Admiral
Fletcher WAS forced to go forth to meet
the enemy withou, having opportunity to
incorporate in his fleet the battleships
which are IN navy yards for repairs and
other vessels in reserve. The enemy,
however. was assumed to be advancing
...- .f. g-fl A,,t ,lr..tno a AAAf
Of transports carrying an expeditionary
force.
When the game started last Monday
Admiral Fletcher was notified that the
enemy was then l,2OO miles to the east
ward and moving toward the United
States coast.
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