"THE ENEMY" WINS.

Dominion, Volume 3, Issue 802, 27 April 1910, Page 5

"THE ENEMY" WINS.

NAVAL: BATTLE. FIRTH OF FORTH LOST, ROSYTH . DESTROYED. Bj TilecriDh—Press Association-Copyright London, April 25. Reports' of the. naval manoeuvres in the North Sea indicate' that the Bluo Squadron (representing' the enemy, or attacking force) vanquished the Red Squadron (representing -tie British fleet, the defending' force) in an engagement in Scottish waters.: The Blue Squadron was under ViceAdmiral. His Serene Highness Prince Louis Alexander 'of .Battenberg, (Coin-niander-in-Chief 'of the Atlantic Fleet).The Red Squadron was.: under Admiral Sir,.Wm. H. 'May (Commander-in-Chief of the ' Home Fleet, flagship Dreadnought). . ' , v ■•■■-■' : Blue captured .. a battleship, some cruisers, and some destroyers, and obtained command of the Firth of Forth. They destroyed the-great naval base of Rosyth (on the Firth of Forth) and destroyed the Forth' .Bridge. . ; Tin going north as far ae Rosjrth to get a base secure from an enemy in the North Sea, the British Navy, would seem —if the'-present tactical manoeuvres are conclusive-rto be not so safe after all. Rosyth naval.base is still in the process of construction and'will take some years to complete. Advocates of the ForthClyde Canal will no doubt endeavour to extract some favourable arguments from the success of "the enemy" in the Firth of Forth. Those who support the construction of a Dreadnought-canal via Loch Lomond contend that shipbuilding and repairing yards could be built on Lomond, beyond: the range of modern naval gnnflre.] ■.'.. ■■:. ..■ ;■ .