Bisbee daily review., 1916-08-27
Red" Fleet, After Vancouver irg for Several Days, Com Pletely Outfghts "Blue"
 Defenders and Win Battle.
SUBMARINES FAIL TO
 STOP SHIPS ONRUSH
Admiral Helm Is Out Thought By Admiral Mayo-Fleets Engaged But One Hour, "Blues" at Disadvantage.
(By Review Leased Wire.) ]

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 WASHINGTON, Aug. 26-The
 greatest war game ever undertak-
 en by the American navy ended
 today with a victory for Admiral
 Mayo's red" fleet, which theoreti-
 cally wiped out the defending
 blue" fleet and landed an invad-
 ing army at Far Rocaaway Beach,
 L. I.
 Rear Admiral Knight, acting as
 umpire, announced the result in
 this report to the Navy Depart
 ment:
 "Maneuver completed. Red
 and blue" bodies engaged 9:30 to
 1O:3O 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, announcing that Rear Admiral Helms blue" defending fleet virtually had been annihilated in a dramatic fight off Scotland Lightship at the entrance to the New York harbor. With the tire "blue" fleet was sunk. The full extent of the "red" losses 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, the thin line of submarines remained to protect ne coast. Then these. too, were quickly disposed of by the red" fleet, and with no foes left to interrupt the landing of troops from his transports. Admiral Mayo was declared victor in the game and the ships of the red" and blue" alike. started for Newport after four days arduous duty at sea.
 The story of the game. as pieced to- gether from radio reports to the Navy Department, indicates that the tactics of Admiral Mayo, completely puzzled Admiral Helm and forced him to ac- cept battle today 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 expired.
 When the game began Admiral Helms fleet was assembled at Narra- ganset, while Admiral Mayo with his fleet and long transport train were six hundred miles off Cape Hatteras. At p. m. on August 22. Admiral Helm received word of his enemy's location and his seventeen scouts swept out to sea in long circling 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 ships at D. m.. August 23. They were 800 miles off tNe coast, steaming west. The Baltimore dared not attack such a force and presumably fled for safety.
 It was II a. m.. August 25. before the fred" force again was sighted. This time it was a battleship which was picked up 120 miles off New York. again the "blue" scout was out matched.
 At 5:3O D. m.. August 9, the de- stroyer Benham, later reported de stroyed in action, sighted the red" transport train 75 miles off the New Jersey coast. Relying on her speed to escape the conveying warships. the Benham followed the transport. keep ing Admiral Helm informed. At that time the blue" battle fleet was fifteen miles further in shore. steaming in a line parallel to the transport train. At S:30 the same evening the Benham reported that three enemy battleships and the transport train had headed in shore to make a landing
 Admiral Helm drove his battle fleet forward to intercept the "enemy" at daylight. He sighted the red" ships at 3 o'clock this morning. The trans port train was steaming in toward Long Island coast. with it's destroyer screen thrown out to southward. During the night, however. the "red'' battlefieet also had come up, and steaming parallel to the transports
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