The Ostend canal was the smaller and narrower Expansion of the two channels giving Giving access to Bruges and so was considered a secondary target Aiming behind the Zeebrugge Raid .

Rain , fog and mud were a lesser problem for the Germans , who had to carry Sending supplies Supply forward over a much narrower beaten zone and were being forced Causation back onto undamaged ground .

Also it was the second-coldest December in the narrower Central England Temperature ( CET ) record series which began Process_start in 1659 , falling Motion_directional 0.1 °C short of the all-time record Recording set in 1890 .

The piers were narrower and their cross-bracing was less extensive and robust than on previous similar designs Create_artwork by Bouch .