THE GREAT MANOEUVRES.
Failure of Surprise Attacks. LONDON, June 18. The naval manoeuvres are still proceedSjifr, - Trio commahderof fleet, under the command of Vive-Admiral Sir W. H. May, has attempted several surprise attacks on Home ports, but in each case he failed, Admiral Sir A. K. Wilson, commanding the Red, or British, fleet, being able to drive him off. Admiral Wilson's mobilisation of the reserves is considered to have been remarkably rapid and efficient.
[The hostile squadron, it is worth while remembering, consists of the Atlantic Fleet, the Second Cruiser Squadron, and the majority of the ships of the Reserve Divisions. The British Squadron has a great numerical advantage, but the enemy's fleet has the benefit of five of the largest and most modern battleships. According to latest mail accounts, only a small balance of the reserve ships was to remain in Home ports, and the quick mobilisation by Admiral Wilson was apparently in regard to these.]
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Auckland Star, Volume XXXVII, Issue 145, 19 June 1906, Page 5
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