guns of the navy, and the chances of torpedo hits, are all carefully calculated so that there is no difficulty in determining the victor. The game may continue until the expiration of a fixed time, or until one of the ships is forced into neutral waters or is rammed or torpedoed.

During the course of 1900 three Fleet Tactical Games were played, the central purpose underlying them being to obtain

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a definite value in some well-known unit for a given superiority of speed." As an illustration of a tactical study the following, one of the problems of the year, may be of interest:

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114.

Coast Survey.

Charts 111, 112, 113,

"October 1st. A blue fleet of three squadrons is ordered to guard the coast from Monomoy to The Race, assisted by three groups-twenty in each groupof the Mosquito Fleet. A red fleet of four squadrons is known to be approaching this section, intending to establish a

guns of the navy, and the chances of torpedo hits, are all carefully calculated so that there is no difficulty in determining the victor. The game may continue until the expiration of a fixed time, or until one of the ships is forced into neutral waters or is rammed or torpedoed.

During the course of 1900 three Fleet Tactical Games were played, the central purpose underlying them being to obtain "a definite value in some well-known unit for a given superiority of speed. As an illustration of a tactical study the following, one of the problems of the year, may be of interest:

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114.

Coast Survey. Charts 111, 112, 113,

"October 1st. A blue fleet of three squadrons is ordered to guard the coast from Monomoy to The Race, assisted by three groups twenty in each groupof the Mosquito Fleet. A red fleet of four squadrons is known to be approaching this section, intending to establish a