New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1916-08-27
ENEMY" Lands Troops at
Far Rockaway After Win
ming Imaginary Battle.
BLUE DEFENDERS
LOSE IN WAR GAME
All Their Big Warships
Are destroyed" Off
Jersey Coast.
Iron Tns Tfleunc Bureau

Washington, Aug. 26.-New York
CITY is in the grip Of an imaginary
enemy tonight
Sweeping in from behind the feet Of
transports which had been strung out
before it as a ruse, the Red feet in the
ravy's war game sank or scattered to-
ssy the entire Blue feet, which was
defending the harbor.
The thirty transports, after serving
IS screen, anchored off Far Rock
away and landed regiment after regi-
ment OF theoretical soldiers.
According 10 the statement given out
hy Rear Admiral knight, the umpire,
the Red transports were sighted last
night steaming north. The Blue feet,
under Rear Admiral Helm, followed
them until morning and then closed in
70 attack.
While pursuing the transports Helms
command was met by the main Red
battle fleet. which sank the Blue feet
with supposed carnage far more heavy
,bsn that which actually accompanied
the battle Of the British and German
fleets OF Jutiand.
Blue Fleets Losses Heavy.
Rear Admiral Knight announced the
result in this report to the Navy De-
partment.
"Nsnnuvre completed. Red and Blue
bodice engaged $3.50 TO 1880 this morn
inr. ten miles southeast of Ambrose
Lightship. Blue decisively defeated,
Red gaining command e sea. Red eff
fects landing at Far Rockaway and Sc
cures be e.
The final report closely followed one
announcing that Rear Admiral Helms
Blue defending feet virtually had bee.
annihilated in a dramatic fight of Scot
land Lightship. at the entrance to New
York Harbor.
With the exception of a few light
craft. the entire Blue feet was sunk"
The full extent of the Red losses was
not known tonight, although early re-
ports showed they included the super
dreadnouehts Nevada and Texas and
two strOyerS.
With Admiral Helms feet out Of the
way. only q thin line Of submarines
remained to protect the coast. Then
these, too, were quickly disposed of by
the RED feet. and, with nothing left to
interrupt the landing of troops from
his transports. Admiral Mayo was de-
cisred victor in the game, and the
ships. Red and Blue alike, started for
Newport. after four days of arduous
duty at sea.
The story Of the game, as pieced
together from radio reports to the Navy
Department indicated the tactics OF
Admiral Mayo completely puzzled Ad-
miral Helm and forced him TO accept
battle in a position from which there
was no hope of escape. The umpire
declared the Blue Fleet destroyed hours
before the time limit of the action eX-
pred.
Blue Scouts in Flight.
When the game began Admiral
Helms feet was assembled at Nara
g7nsett. while Admiral Mayo, with his
fleet and transport train. was six hun
bred miles off Cape Hatteras. At
a. M on August - Admiral Helm re-
ceived word of his enemy's location
and his seventeen scouts swept out 10
sea in a long circlng line. An hour
later the Blue battleships also were at
sea, following the scouts.
The cruiser Baltimore sighted five
battleships. two cruisers and three
other units of the Red Fleet at p. m,
August %. They were FIVE hundred
miles of the coast, steaming west. The
Baltimore dared not attack such a
force and presumably fed for safety.
IL was II a. m, August 25, before the
Red force again was sighted. This
time 70 was a battleship which was
picked up. 100 miles off New York.
Again the Blue scout was outmatched
and fed.
Fleet Protects Transports.
At $3.50 p. m, August 25, the de-
stroyer Benham, later reported de-
stroyed In action, sighted the Red
transport train seventy-fve miles off
the New Jersey coast. Relying on her
speed 20 escape the conveying warships,
the Benham followed the transports.
keeping Rear Admiral Helm informed.
Al that time his battle feet was fifteen