Show BRIGHT WEATHER FOLLOWS RAINY SPELL AT FRONT (Spe- al Cab e by K rangamen Yv' h London Da 7 Te eg apty and In erna ons News $rvi a WEST FLANDERS Dec 21 The fight ng around N euport has dim nished in ntens t At Lombaertzyde St Georges and Capel e the Be g ans 1 a 9 made no attempt o more than ho d their own against the Ge man counter attacks There is no foupdat on for the rumor that the all es are w tl n a mi e of Os tend Tl e rumor probab y arose from tatements made by French so d e s who d d not know the coun ry and m stook the houses of M ddlekerke for tho e of Os end The object of last week s movement from N euport was doubtless to secu e a foot n further from the bank of the river Yser in order to make it easier to take the offens ve at that point la er on T e ra ny spell of the ast fortn 0ht s at an end The bright weather Is we corned by a I the t oops particular y by t e air service The a rn en ha e been oarrjing out regular reconno ssance In sp te of the w nd and wet but t has been b tter cold work The Belg an a rman who flew over Os tend two days ago te 3 me that Ostend appears to be qu te dead Tl ere is not a s ngle vessel at i e quays and hard y a s gn of fe In the streets At t e Ger n an av at on ground at Snaeske ke near Ostend the Ger naps had a cigar shaped captive bal oon In the a r to watel the no ements of the sh ps at sea |