EXPLOIT BY BRITISH WARSHIPS

Dominion, Volume 8, Issue 2317, 26 November 1914, Page 5

EXPLOIT BY BRITISH WARSHIPS

ZEEBRUGGE A SCRAP-HEAP r RENEWED FIGHTING IN GERMANS SHELLED FROM SEA AND LAND ENEMY'S DESPERATE QUANDARY 'After a comparative lull in the operations in.the Franco-Belgian theatre, fighting has been renewed along the coa-sUine in the vicinity of Nieuport aid Westende, in Belgium, where the Germans have been, attacked from both land and eea, the Franco-British Fleet co-operat. ing with the Army in successful operations. ' North of Ostend, the German sea base at Zeebrugge, whore immense quantities of military and naval stores had been'collected by the enemy, has been unexpectedly visited by a British squadron, which effectively shelled the place, and reduced the shipyard—where were six submarine boat sections which had been railed from Germany—the wharves, military trains, and stores of all kinds, to a sorap-heap. German submarines unsuccessfully attempted an attack on the warships, but were eluded, and the fleet ultimately left in safety. From a "Times" correspondent, writing with an intimate knowledge of Germany, we are given a glimpse of the enemy's country as it appears just now, and the main item of interest in an interesting sketch is the feverish activity of the German construction yards concerned with the building of Zeppelins ' and warships, and tho significant indications whioh these preparations afford of a contemplated raid on England. Germany, it is stated, cannot afford to evacuate Belgium or Northern France, for apparently the elements of Ted revolution are simmering for a boikever in the event of ,a collapse of the War Party's ambitious programme. In the Eastern theatre the Russian cavalry, following up tho great viotory at the battle of Lodz, is harying the retreating Germans to the frontier, while along the rest of the great battlefront in Poland further Russian successes havo taken place. Tho Turks have been badly buffetted in, their operations against ihe JUissianß in Asia Minor, while all outward and vi&iblo signs of Turkey's military mana in the Persian Gulf have ovaporated—the Utfion Jack is flying over Busra (Bussorah)., From Austrian wounded arriving at Trente (in the Austrian Tyrol) come fearful stories of the plight of the troops at the front. The morale of the Austrian Army has been paralysed by a long succession of defeats, bj hunger ana want, and, to quote the cabled-description, the troops are how "weak, dispirited, dejected, unable to resist attack by the Russians unless assisted by Germany."-