, 1915-02-20
KILOGRAMS
ST. CROIX STATION.
Censored ut Jamaica.)

statement EnyS "Alr operations by the
naval wing against the BrHges, Ostend and
ZeebrugQe districts continue. Yesterday
afternoo 40 aer0planes and seaplanes bonn
bardei Ostend, Mlddlekerke, GhistelIes and
Zeebrugge, bombs being dropped on the
heavy batteries situated on the east and
west sides of Ostend, on the gun positions
ut Middlekerke, on transport Wagons on
the Ostend- GhisteIles road, on the mole at
Zeebruege to widen the breach caused by
the damage in the former attacks, on the
locks at Zeebrugge, on barges outside Blan-
kenberghe and on the trawlers outside Zee
brugge. Eight French aeroplanes assisted the
naval machines by making vigorous attacks
on the Ghisi Giles aerOdIOme, thus effectively
preventing the German aircraft from cutting
off our machines. 1t is reported that good
results were obtained. Instructions are al
ways issued to conine the attacks to points
of military importance and every effort is
made by he flying officers to avoid dropping
bombs on any residential portions of towns,
A Paris official communiqu6 states "Aloug
the whole front yesterday the operations
were favourable for us. In Belgium there
were artillery engagements. A small French
aerial sQuadI on hOmbarded the German avl-
alton park at Ghisteles, and a small British
aerial squadron bombarded Ostend south of
IDIGS. 4 Ut DIlllSu a. uJ al IluolSIS " u Dlll1l-
Der of treLche9 where for two days a rather
spirited combat has developed. Between
The Disc and the Aisne, near Badly, a very
efficient Smelling by our artillery took place
against gatherings of troops, automobile
conveys and bomb throWers. In the neigh
bourhoo OF Rheims we made progress near
Loivre. IL Champagne, ON our front from
northwest of Perthes to north Of Beause-
jour, we captured about three kilometres of
the German trenches and took several
hundred prisoners, including five officers.
III the A1gonne infantry actions occurred
from LIE -Four de Paris to West of Boureu-
lilies and the fighting continues under fav-
Durable conditions. Northwest of Pontr6
Nousson we occupied several of the entmy's
blockhcrsss in the forest of LIE Pretre.
London, Feb. 18}h-The DAILY Mails
corlesl ondent at DunkiIk states that the
British and French areoplanes and water
planes dropped 240 bombs on Ghistelles
Zeebrugge and Ostend. The British bombs
weighed eighty-fve pounds each. As a re-
suit of tie attack, the Germans have rein
forced the garrison at Knocke by 5000
men and Heyst has also been reinforced.
The Germans are now establishing wireless
stations on The sand dunes, some miles from
the sea, to keep in touch with the submarines
working in the North Sea. A number of
the damaged guns from Ostend have arrived
at Bruges, to be sent to Germany for repair.
The Rotterdam "Handels Blad's' cores
pondent at Sinus says that in the raid last
week on Ostend the shed of the sea railway
station was badly damaged, the hotel ter
minus near the station was slightly damaged,
the De Smet de Layer bridge suffered heavily
and all communication with the sea station
was broken. At Blapkenberghe the station
and railway were totally destroyed. At
Zeebrugge the central electric works and
the factory were destroyed, the bridges
there being now unavoidable owing to lack of
electricity, and the Zeppelin shed with all
it's contents was destroyed.
Dispatches from Copenhagen state that