The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1915-10-03
CALAIS DEFENDED
:Y net OF TRENCHES
correspondent Of "Thc SUM-
Describes Elaborate Sys!
tenn Now Organized.
KEEP WATCH on BIG GIN

- ~ TUE go Paris royr,spoadent.
DuNERN. Sept. l0.-Thc old town at
first sish, shows little change since 1
was here carly in May, when the cele-
hratcd $50 milli'netcr gun Inearly Is
'nclies) woke us with half a dozen
sieIls about > the morning after our
arrival, but; on reaching the Jean Bart
Square in the centre OF the town, we
zee that the windows Of the Arca0es
hot | now have wood where glass
should b..
This IL ono OF the results %. the bonn
bardmcnt OF June %. when 10 less than
Ihirty-cish: shells were thrown into the
Town between 3 \. VI. and I r. NJ.
on falling in the square In front OF the
hotel to the detriment OF the cobble-
sturcs and destruction of window
paGcs. Another fell on she cathedral
a-d wrought havoc. destroying one
wing and causing damage estimated at
100000. OF which stained glass repre-
SCENTS some 100000. The cost OF bonn
harding Dunkirk by this big gun. nearly
tventy-four miles away Is reckoned to
have reached $4,000. IL the cos, OF
ZACH shell Is put at $1,000. No military
adva &c has been gained by this out
lay and the moral effect will no; adj
vance the end o. the war one day.
Many Of the 5000 Inhabitants who
had left are returning. for danger from
III. big Gcrmsn gun has been scotched
IL no; killed. Its position Is known.
y special French service has been APP
pointed TO watch over 1t. An aeroplane
49, -. la a,1 NlE-. l-s@
graphs. which show clearly m work
thai IL goiag on around 1t.
Its position is shell d by heavy ar
tillery from the nearest French lines
and the rails 1T needs are destroyed
each time they are laid. Al least one
ut these monsters has been destroyed
and no opportunity Is allowed to get its
successor into a condition to be ready
to fire. which. Of course. is a lengthy
proceeding.
- Army Medical Service.
NJ September I.-Our visit TO this part
,,,f the front. the first miles Of the long
line that winds its devious way TO
Switzerland. is chiefly intended to show
us how ready II is to resist n attempt
of the Germans to max a drive through
1t to Calais. Although the territory Is
Belgian this art Of the line Is held
by French troops.
From the fighting lines back to Calais
itself the whole region seems to he trav-
ersed by lines Of new trenches. dus
after the latest models, and where II IL
impossible to dig-as water IL found al
most everywhere at a few inches depth
constructed with sandbags and hidden
with wonderful skill from aeroplanes. So
complicated are these trenches and so
diversified in position that 1t would he
hopeless to expect the men who retired
under pressure OF IA terrific onslaught
from the front lines to occupy them to
any ~dvantage They would be allowed
10 retire still further. and large reserve
forces are kept near each new trench
,aady TO man ii I'm case of an emergency
NV own interest, however, was far
creater In the working Of the army med
jcal service, as | had sat through the
debates in the Chamber. where the al
versarics Of NJ M!lle~ani. Minister oi
War. had selected this service as his
weakest spot. and so the most promising
means Of forcing his resignation. What
ever may have been the conditions ~
,'lc first weeks or months OF the war this
service ncv. shows the highest efficiency.
II is TUE that the immediate rsmova
or wounded men from the front presents
-,eat difficulties in u Hat couutr! Ike
Ills. where the ground il 50 waterloSged
that communication trenches cannot be
aug 10 reach the firing line, so that mer
can only be removed at night. But once
removed they are Immediately In touch
with a splendid organization. Rase nos
uitals exist in great numbers and one
are fllel to their capacity.