Home newspapers to hand yes. terday state that the bombardment of Zeebrugge was undertaken because the Germans attempted to establish s base for submarines at] that port. The military correspondent of "The Times" com-the—German illustrates the impracticof maintaining © naval base in of either powerfal guns, or & feat coop the sea clear. The! deatetction St Zeebragge may or may not suggest to the German mind the comparative futility of attempting to. utilize Calais, should the Germans that town, as a base for undertaking offensive operations against this country. Calais could be destroyed from the sex by a ywadron carrying heavy guns. In fact, the lack of coast. fortifications. or mine-field, the virtual command of the sea confers upon a powerful navy the command of the land for a distance land equal to the range of the shi guns, provided that the littoral is flat Dec. 31.
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