NAVY IN THE WAR
OSTEND AND ZEEBRUGGE. VALUE OF RAIDS DISCOUNTED. (United PreM Assn.—By Telegraph—Copyright.) London, June 25. The Official History of Naval Operations reveals that, the Ostend and Zeebrugge raids were not nearly as successful as was generally believed. Of the 115 shells fired at Ostend only 16 landed near their targets, inflicting easily repairable damage, while the belief that the Zeebrugge raid effectively bottled up the Germans was quite erroneous, for within a few days Ul6 went to sea past the block ships. The Official History pays a tribute to the Japanese, and says their destroyers in the Mediterranean spent 72 per cent, of their time at sea compared with the British Navy’s 60 per cent.' and the French and Italian fleets’ 45 per cent.
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Southland Times, Issue 21431, 27 June 1931, Page 5
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