In the western theatre of the war there has been
an almost complete lull during the week. This does not, of course, mean that there have been no fighting and no casualties, for what is called calm at the front is a relative term. During a lull the artillery duels go on with their dread toll of killed and wounded. No fierce attacks, however, have been made on either side. It appears that the line of the Allies has been pushed forward from Ypres and a certain amount of ground gained. Perhaps the chief activity in Flanders has been another fierce bombardment of Zeebrugge by the British Fleet. What has been the total result has not been stated, perhaps, indeed, cannot yet be estimated, but there seems little reason to doubt that the Navy are well satisfied with the fine work which they have done off the Flemish coast. A naval squadron of any power can if it chooses so dominate a
flat piece of littoral that it is hardly an exaggeration to say that nothing can live within three miles or more of the coast line.
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