Arizona republican., 1916-08-27
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WASHINGTON. Aug. 2s. -sThe greatest war game ever undertaken by the American navy ended today with a victory for Admiral Mayo's Red fleet, which theoretically de- feated the defending "Blue" fleet and landed an invading arnS at Far Rockaway Beach, L. I.
 Rear Admiral Knight, acting as um- pire, announced the result in this re- port to the navy department:
 "Maneuver completed. Red and Blue bodies engaged nine thirty to ten thirty this morning, ten miles south of Ambrose Lightship. Blue decisively defeated, Red gaining command of sea Red effects landing at Rockaway and secures base"
 The final report closely followed one announcing that Rear Admiral Helm's Blues defending fleet virtually had 1 been annihilated in a dramatic fight off Scotland Lightship at the entrance to the New York harbor. With the eX- ception of a few light craft, the entire "Blue" fleet was sunk" The full extent of the Red" .os-cs was not known tonight, although early reports showed that they included the super dreadnaughts Nevada and Texas and two destroyers.
 With Admiral Helms fleet out of the way, only a thin line of submarines remained to protect the coast. Then | these, too, were quickly disposed of | by the Red" fleet and with no foes l left to interrupt the landing of troops 1 from his transports, Admiral Mayo was i declared victor in the game and the 1 ships Red" and "Blue" alike, started l for Newport after four days of arduous l duty at sea.
 .f ,.,a f1 | gether from radio reports to the navy department indicates that the tactics 1 of Admiral Mayo completely puzzled | Admiral Helm and forced him to ac- | cept battle in a position from which | there was no hope of escape. The um- J pire declared the "Blue" fleet destroyed hours before the time limit of the ac- 1 tion expired
 ; When the game began. Admira
 Helms fleet was assembled at Nara
 gansett, while Admiral Mayo with his fleet and long transport train were six
 hundred miles off Cape Hatteras. Al
 6 a. m. on August 22 Admiral Helm
 received work of his enemy's location and his seventeen scouts swept out tC i sea in a long circling line. An houl
 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 "Rrd" fleet at p. m.
 August 23. They were 800 miles of
 the coast. steaming west. The Balti
 more dared not attack such a force
 and presumably fled for safety. !, It was II a. m, August 25. befor'
 the Red" force again was sighted [ This time it was a battleship whicl was picked up 120 miles off New York , Again the "Blue" scout was ou
 matched.
 At 5:30 D. m., August 25. the de . stroyed Benham, later reported de , stroyed in action, sighted the Red
 transport train 75 miles off the Ney 7 Jersey coast Relying on her supposed r base, the conveying warship, the Ben ham followed the transport keeping
 Admiral Helm informed. At that tim l the 'tBlue'' battle fleet was fifteel : miles further in shore, steaming in I line parallel to the transport trair 7 At S:30 the same evening the Benhar : reported that three enemy battleship
 and the transport train had headed i f shore to make a landing.
 t Admiral Helm drove his battle flee f forward to intercept the 'enemy" a V daylight He sighted the "Red' ship : at o'clock this morning. The trans : port train was steaming in toward tn . ! Long Island coast with it's destroyt te screen thrown out to sOuthward. Dun = ing the night, however, the "Red" bal
 tie fleet also had come up and stean
 ing parallel to the transports and bt
 tween them and the Blue" fleet 1T
 terposed itself to sdt off Admir-
 Helms attack.
 The fleets engaged promptly, but u Blue position was hopeless. To cl f of the rush of he transports for tf 6 past it had to swing sharply to u
 west.
 As the Blue" ships came to u
 turn they filed in one at a time al 'e caught the concentrated fire of Al m miral Mayo's guns.
 is While the battle still was in progres
 Admiral Helm played his last car m The seventeen submarines mobiliZ )- at Black Ireland the preceding nigl s, weer following the movements of | ty Red" transports and keeping we'll le shore as a last line of defense. Da
 light found them within an hour or tN 80 of the chosen landing point of the i in vaders. Admiral Helm ordered the Id forward in a desperate effort to d tn stroy the troops ships but they We're Il is equal to the task, and the transpol mt and their shielding fighting shi
 steamed by victoriously.