Show ARMY CLAIMS DESTRUCTION OF ATTACKING FL IN MIMIC SIGHT FIGHT H J t l f. f V. V tt t t V. V f. f BRENTON'S TOX'S POINT Sept 5 t b Admiral fleet has attacked attacked at- at r tacked the Narragansett bay det dc- dc f t t tenses fc r rv f. f V. V t V. V m V V r Vi t V V. V l VJ tr tr V. V t NEW y LONDON Conn Sept 5 5 Gen MacArthur command commanding In the Department Department Department De De- of ot the lie East this noon made public a statement of ot the progress of last nights night's engagements between Forts Wright right Michie and Terry and Admiral fleet The rhe statement says sas that Fort Wright fired I shots of oC all calibers the fire commander claiming the destruction of the entire fleet by three or four times the number of points required I t. Fort or atall the thc ships until the last one was out of range rang and claims to have put out tho the Brooklyn Indiana and Alabama Fort len Terry in the meantime was engaged at long range lane The rhe statement adds It was a very elY clear and bright starlight star star- light Ight nl night ht and even If IC all nil of the searchlights searchlights searchlights search search- lights are arc ruled out b by the fire tire from the cruisers the battleships were easily seen and suffered severely from front the batteries batteries bat bat- teries at Wright rl ht and 1 Shortly after C G o'clock the battleships pas passed through h the race returning apparently ap ap- parenti to Block Island inland At 9 10 Fort Adams reported the fleet In line of battle battle bat hat tle heading In at yards yard At 1228 1223 Fort Adams reported the Prairie en entering entering en- en the harbor flying a flag of oC truce CAPTAINS GO AHEAD FLAGSHIP FOR FOn TALK WITH THE ADMIRAL POINT JUDITH Sept 5 EI Fight Eight ht ships of or war th the Kearsarge Brooklyn Alabama Ala Ala- bama Massachusetts Indiana Puritan Montgomery and Topeka came to anchor anchor anchor an an- chor three thre miles southeast of here dur ing tho the forenoon The squadron left the anchorage e nt at New Harbor Block island at nt S o'clock this morning The battleships battleships battleships battle battle- ships moved slow slowly in the direction of Point Judith but the other vessels made a detour s some me arriving from the westward and others from the South south- west The officers and men at the signal signal signal sig sig- nal station were using using- the utmost vigilance vigilance vigilance lance and ever every prec precaution has been taken by Col Reber to ward off of or evade a a. seizure of ot the station As soon as the vessels had anchored all the Captains went aboard the flagship |