28 NOVEMBER 1914, Page 3

On Tuesday the Belgian port of Zeebrugge, now in German

hands—the port from which sea access is obtained by a ship canal to Bruges—was bombarded by a British flotilla, including two battleships with 12-inch guns. The damage done to the port (and, it is hoped and believed, to the lock gates of the canal) was considerable. The importance of the operation lies, of course, in the fact that Zeebrugge was in process of being turned into a submarine base by the Germans. It has, we trust, now been rendered useless for that purpose, and will continue useless for some time. Our bombarding vessels were probably attacked, but were not injured, by the enemy's submarines.