NAVAL MANOEUVRES LONDON, August 3.
Extensive fleet manoeuvres begin today, in which 26 first-class battleships and 43 of the newest and most powerful cruisers are engaged. Admiral Sir C. H. Domville, commanding a powerful squadron stationed at Lagos, seeks to prevent a weaker British fleet, under Vice-admiral Sir A. K. Wilson, relieving the' second British Squadron, which is repairing at Madeira, the object, when a junction is effected, being to bring Admiral Domville to action.
Independent of these manoeuvres, torpedo craft operations will be carried out in St. George's Channel) 130 vessels being engaged.
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Otago Witness, Issue 2578, 12 August 1903, Page 15
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94NAVAL MANOEUVRES LONDON, August 3. Otago Witness, Issue 2578, 12 August 1903, Page 15
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