Show 0 W War ar arI I Costs Many I Big Vessels esses Battleships Are Sunk i in Practice Conflict Enemy Punishes Defenders Defenders Defenders De De- fenders Doubt Result WASHINGTON Aug 26 The The defending defending de de- fending squadrons under Rear Admiral Helm have been destroyed by the hostile fleet under Admiral Mayo in inthe inthe in inthe the navy war game and this afternoon an invading army was being landed in theory on the shores of Long island V WASHINGTON ASHINGTON Aug 26 The Red and Blue fleets have been engaged in battle the culmination culmination culmination cul cul- cul- cul of the navy war game since 5 o'clock this morning off Scotland lightship Sandy Hook Up to noon by the umpires umpire's decision the battleships Nevada and Texas and the destroyers Wadsworth and Tucker of ot the enem enemy fleet the scout cruiser Birmin ha i the destroyers Benam Benam Ben- Ben n Hr-n- nf Jr r r s 9 ham am 10 Fanning an ann ng Balch Drayton and f several several sev sev- eral others of at the Blue defending fleet had been lost in action The battle will continue until 5 o'clock this afternoon unless the umpire um um- pire Rear Admiral Knight decides one ono fleet or the other has been decisively d defeated before that time Many other vessels may have been een constructively lost but orders to the the commanders of ot the two fleets feets were that ships regarded as sunk should proceed p to port immediately and their arrival should not be reported The battle is being fought with everyman every everyman everyman man of each ships ship's company at his proper station Umpires stationed on each ship judge the firing tiring conditions and determine when the vessel has been put out of ot commission by the fire tire of ot her opponents The Red transports with the invading invadIng invading ing army which Admiral Mayo commanding commanding commanding com com- manding the hostile fleet apparently was seeking to land in the vicinity of New York were reported lying off oft Ambrose light near Sandy Hook Whether the ships could proceed or would be compelled to flee for safety depended on the outcome of ot the fight Few details of ot the battle reached the navy department Officials assumed however that the invading battleships were destroyed by torpedoes fired from the Blue destroyers in an attack shortly short short- ly Iy after daylight I |