The sun., 1916-10-01
German GunncrS' Shot Is
Equal to Work Of 80 Men
for Eight Days.
FREAK or Rom IA RDMENT
Citadel In Centre Of Town Tn
Observation-Disclosures Of
Ruins Around II.

sheiling Of Vcrdun has done a tr,:nc--
dous amount OF damage. yet there II one
remarkable Incident In which "A German
bombshcl has actually performed Il very
uscfuI piece OF military engineering.
Gen. Dubois. In Of the eta
Del. pointed out to the Associated IRE -
this curious freak wrought by a &c; man
shell.
Il calculate" said the General. that
that one shell has done for me tho hard
work OF nifty men working steadily fo;
eight days
The ret result Of tho shells work was
TO tear II hole through tho l"av fort, flea
tions. thus opening the way for a tunnel
which was much needed. BESIDES that.
the same shell knocked dawn 'wo large
trees at the end u the tuInc!. which tell
across the river IN such q way tina, thcy
formed the foundation of "a bridge.
After tho smoke had cleared away
and the wreckagc had been Inspected,
Gen. Dubois concluded that the path of
the shell would he turned to useful ne.
count. The Jagged hole through the
Notifications was properly cleared M,
ana cemented. AMI now It represents
the appearance OF a rather good looking
archway. The trees. lying across the
river. were properly anchored at eithcr
end and a solid upper structure with
ornamental side ratings was construct
ed. Then n narrow gauge railway was
run from the citadel through this she'll
hole and over his bridge lying on the
blown up trees. so that n direct railway
connection was established bet ween the
citadel and the rear. THIS railway per
forms "A very useful service. and the
whole thing is the outgrowth OF the big
German shell which fell Just back Of the
citadel.
Going along the streets - Nerdur. o"c
sees at every hand sign. Of the terror
which spread over tn. poor villagers
when the bombardmen, drove them
away. The Rue 81. Pierre and the Rue
Belle Nierge showed long lines OF small
shops and middle class houses which
had beer SO hastily deserted that many
OF the belongings had been left behind
A barrier shop had been l,ft with II lot Of
the perfumcry bottles u,lll stard'ng in
'front.' OF the empty chairs. A carpenter
shop showed the usual litter Of shavings
n benches. as though the men
had Just gone on work. Mattresses and
pieces of blanket were lying around in
. house which had rs front torn out by a
shell. and near by were pals. tubs and
o demolished baby carriage. An upper
story. where a shell had torn of. the
front. showed an artists ,telier. with an
easel standing against the wall and th.
place daubed with paint. Hardly a house
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lngs OF the dancing girls. which have
hung for a lorg time in the military
CLUB at Nerdun. has ESCAPED the ravages
OF the bombardnent. although every
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