NAVAL MANŒUVRES

New Zealand Times, Volume XXXVI, Issue 8180, 23 July 1912, Page 7

NAVAL MANŒUVRES

ATTACKERS DEFEATED AFTER, EFFECTING A LANDING ON ENGLISH COAST. By Telegraph—Press Association—Copyright (Received July 22, 11.33 p.m.) LONDON, July 22. During the manoeuvres just completed the licet under Vice-Admiral Prince Louis of Battcnhurg defeated that of Vice-Admiral Sir George Callaghan, which was attacking. Prince Louis’s licet outnumbered tho enemy by two to one, but Sir George Callaghan succeeded in lauding nu imaginary force of 39,000 troops on the Yorkshire const. Ho broke through tho North Sea cordon and preyed on Atlantic commerce. His loss was six battleships, two cruisers, and the greater part of his mosquito flotilla and torpedo-boats); while Prince Louis’s loss was two cruisers and twenty-four mosquito vessels. LESSONS TAUGHT BY THE MIMIC WARFARE. LORD C. BERESFORD’S CONCLUSIONS. LONDON, July 22. Admiral Lord Charles Bercsford, in a letter” to tho press, emphasises the necessity of securing Britain’s food supply against a panic, by the establishment of granaries, the equipment of certain merchantmen on trade routes with guns and trained gunners; increased garrisons and armaments at Malta, Gibraltar, and Jn Egypt, and the reinforcement of the existing active fleet. Ho points out that only 123 out of tho 223 ships engaged in tho present manoeuvres are really efficient for an emergency.

Tho Admiral also urges the need of a strong Mediterranean fleet and a force of cruisers on trade routes, and adds that the efficiency of the overseas help cannot be estimated until it is known what form of help tho - Dominions will select.