New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1915-05-03
GERMAN BIG GUN
PUT OUT OF ACTION
Mounted Near DiXmude to
Attack Dunkirk, IS
Now Silent.

Paris. Nav 1.-The official report
given out to-day by the French War
Department says it is believed that the
great German gun which has twice
bombarded DuDkirk from range OF
twentv-threc and half miles has been
put out Of action. Il also announces
The bombardment by the French OF one
of the German forts at Metz, capital
of Lorraine. The text Of the statement
follows:
Information received from o de-
serter is to the effect that for about
two months engineers OF the krupp
gun works have been directing in the
suburbs Of Dixmude, a sector where
there has been no fighting Tor several
months. the installation Of marine
run capablo of firing a shell over a
very long range. II is this gun when
NAV have bombarded Dunkirk. The gun
is believed to have a range or thirty
eight kilometres l23.5 miles.
"Only nine shells were fired on the
second and last bombardment OF the
French seaport. There is reason to
believe that the gun has either been
damaged by a method Of IRE whlcn
the most powerful pieces do not resist
a long time or that the continual pres
ence of our aeroplanes has had the ell
feet of stopping its fire.
"On our side we yesterday lombard
ed one OF the forts on the southern
front OF the intrenched camp OF Metz
The following was Issued by the war
Office tonight:
an Belgium, to the north Of fpres,
the Germans attempted an attack on
our right, but were Immediately
checked by our machine guns.
AT Maucourt, TO the south of Chaul-
mes, an attack, in which about eighty
men engaged, was directed against our
lines. The Germans were armed with
wirecutters, grenades, automatic pls-
tolls and knives. They were almost all
cut down By our infantry; several OF
them were taken prisoners.
"In the Forest of lie Pretre, the Ger
mans essayed a counter attack, but
were not able TO debouch. We are
holding all of our gain of yesterday.
1--WE continued during the day to
lombard the front to the south of the
intrenched camp of Metz. The efficacy
OF our fire on one of these forts is un-
doubted. as well as on the barracks and
the railway nearby"
Berlin via London, May 1.-THE Of
fetal statement issued at army head
quarters to-day says:
an Flanders the enemy, after heavy
artillery preparations, again attempted
to storm our new positions to the
northeast of Ypres. The French at
tackled strongly between the canal and
the road from Ypres TO st. Julien. The
British attacked feebly TO the east Of
this road. The efforts of the enemy
were unsuccessful owing 10 our active
flank and back fire from Broodselnde
and Veldhoek. Two machine guns fell
into our hands.
an the Argonne. our attacks to the
north of Four de Paris progressed. In
spite of strong defence, the French
lost several trenches and 1856 men were
taken prisoner.
Between the Meuse and the Moselle
the only heavy fighting was in the for
est of lie Pretre, where the French at
tackled in great numbers. We repulsed
all the attacks, some Of which reached
into our trenches, with heavy losses
for the enemy. We captured ninety
men.
Yesterday two more French aero
planes were disabled. One was de-
stroyed near Rheims by gun fire. The
other, belonging to an air squadron.
was forced TO land at a point to the
northwest of Verdun."