NAVAL MANOEUVRES.
ATTACK ON BRITAIN. 321 'WARSHIPS ENGAGED. (Received 5.40 a.m.) LONDON, July Iβ. Three hundred and twenty-one British warships, divided into two squadrons, are now contending for the possession of the North Sea, this being the principal portion of the summer manoeuvres. Admiral Lord Charles Beresford, Com-mander-in-Ohief of the Channel Fleet, is in command of the "Blue" squadron, which is attacking Britain, while ViceAdmiral Sir Francis Charles Bridgeman, Commander-in-Chief of the Home Fleet, controls the "Red" fleet, which is acting on the defensive. Although this huge fleet is at sea the mobilisation has been carried out without any disturbance of the squadrons in foreign waters, which total over a hundred ships of various classes. Every ship is on an absolute war footing, those with nucleus crews Having their complements raised to full strength, while the i "special service vessels," older ships with mall crews, have been manned. The naval reserves have not been called out.
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Auckland Star, Volume XXXIX, Issue 170, 17 July 1908, Page 5
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