Evening star., 1914-11-25
FEAR OF UNDERSEA RAID
REMOVED BY WARSHlPS
England Breathes Easier Since Sub
marines Were Smashed in Zee
brugge Bombardment.
MAY PROFIT BY MISTAKES
Kaiser's Commanders, in Next On.
slaught, Expected to Avoid Coast
and to Concentrate
Their Forces.

LONDON, November Is 12:I5
p.m.-The destruction of Ger
manys rudimentary naval base at
Zeebrugge by shell fire from Brit
ish and French warships, together
with Germany's grim preparations
for her renewed attempts to crush
way through the allied line to
the French coast. were the most
significant features in the news
coming to hand today from the
western arena of the war.
Raid No Longer Feared.
With the smashing of the sub
marines which the Germans had
been so laboriously assembling at
Zeebrugge, the allied fleet has
been removed from that point on
the coast.
1t is now felt there is little dan
ger of an undersea raid, and as
additional news dispatches are re-
ceived from the other side of the
channel it is apparent that the
damage inflicted by the fire of the
warships at Zeebrugge was far
more extensive than was at first
supposed.
Attack May Have Begun.
Some reports received in London set
forth that the Germans already havo
started another attack upon the allied
front in Flanders, which will be more
intense and formidable than any hith
erto undertaken. 1t is apparent that
the Germans have been carefully pre-
pairing for this move for some days
past,
A dispatch to the Daily Chronicle
from a correspondent in northern
France says:
"The allies have been attacked In
force from Ypres to La Bassee. A ter
rifle battle has commenced. The Ger
mans have heavy reinforcements and
fresh guns for this renewal of the eff
fort to cut through the allies line The
English artillery, however. thus far
has thwarted all the German at
tempts.
No Chance for Surprise.
The situation precludes the possibility
of is
the invaders have gone ahead with
their plans quite openly, keeping Sc
cret only the point where they pur-
posed to center their offensive move
ments. 1t is the opinion Of military
observers here that the next onslaught
will be particularly menacing, because
the Germans, profiting by the mistakes
preyiously made, will keep far enough
away from the coast to avoid the naval
guns and will not waste their energy
nv advancing at several points at the
same time but Will concentrate all
their efforts on one spot, where they
hone to break through by sheer weight
Hav;ne shattered. the Prussian Guard
however. when II essayed the feat, the
allies say they have every reason 70
face the present situation with conn.,
dence. ....
Shelling of Zeebrugge.
.zermany's. scheme to establish n
naval base at Zeebrugge has been
thwarted by British warships," says
the Daily Mails Rotterdam corres-
pondent
Zeebrugge is burning, the Solvay
works near the Bruges ship canal are
a heap Of ruins and sections OF six
submarine boats which had been
brought there are reduced to twisted
iron. A. large quantity of stores also
was destroyed.
The bombardment lasted from .
o'clock until o'clock Monday after
noon. The coast guard building and
military trains at the Colvay works
were blown to fragments and a large
crane which was being used for put
ting the submarines together simply
.In desperation the Germans tried to
remove their stores. including the ap-
paratuS for making hydrogen for Zep-
pelns to Brugss; but ut fosnS ,,ne. SECTION
For several weeks the enemy had
been collecting stores at and fortifying
Zeebrugge in the hope of making it
strong naval base.
Allied Infantry Attacks.
AMSTERDAM, November "a, via Lon
don. November 26.-''Yesterday, after
British aviasors had reconnoitered clever
ly hidden German gun positions along the
coast" says the Tits Sluis correspond
ent. "a combined attack was undertaken
by the allies infantry against the Ger
man trenches The attackers were aided
by a bombardment from the Anglo
French squadron, consisting OF three
small cruisers and numerous torpedo
boats and torpedo boat destroyers
which came close to the coast. The
Germans replied with a heavy artillery
fire.
sDuring the afternoon a second squad
ron appeared between Ostend and Weon.
duyu, but neither here nor at Nieuport