27 FEBRUARY 1915, Page 1
The veil of silence which thus enveloped the middle of
the week was lifted on Friday by a statement from the Secretary to the Admiralty saying that, the weather having moderated, the bombardment of the outer forts was renewed on Thursday morning. "After a period of long-range fire a squadron of battleships attacked at close range. All the forts at the entrance of the Straits have been successfully reduced. The operations are continuing." This is excellent news, and means that the fire from our big guns is able to do what the Germans' big guns did at Liege and Namur—knock to pieces all fortifi- cations which appear above ground. Forte to be of any use nowadays must go to earth.
