Saturday news. (Watertown, S.D.) 19??-19??, 1918-10-31
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LARGER THAN III
PARIS RAIDER
Uncle Sans Biz Gun Does Better
Execution Than Bombarder
Of Paris.
SHOOTS TWENTY-FIVE MILES
Helped 70 Reduce St. Quentin and
Drove Germans Out of Bel
lean Wood.
SHOOTS TWENTY-FIVE MILES

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With thu American Armies In France,
Oct. 3o&-Nhile the Observation-Disclosures
railway is under firs8sof the American
long range guns. the Germans are put.
ting up their hitterest struggle east of
the Meuse. The Belleu wood positions
in that rgion now are the keystone or
the entire west front. II the Americans
capture these heights they win have a
clean sweep across the valley to the
Observation-Disclosures railway and:
the enemy will be forced to retire lie.
hind that line.
Americans Take Belieu Wood
Belleu wood, south of Wavrille, which
has been the scene of violent fighting
for days. is in the hands of the Amer
leans, though they must still take the
heights on either
In addition to giving the Americans
command of the valley stretching to
Montmedy, capture Of these heights will
result in Thanking teh Briery iron fields
and bringing the roads from that regien
under American artillery fire.
Historic Sedan Near Battle Area
Should the enemy be forced back Of
Montmedy and Longuyon. the entire
line TO the westward, in the Aisne re-
gion, would necessarily be compelled
to recede, bringing historic Sedan,
scene of the decisive battle of the
Franco-P russian war. 10 miles south.
cast Of Mizieres, again into the battle
area.
Great German artillery fire on the
front Of the American Second Army
aast OF Nerdun, is revealing the enemy''s
-uneasiness regarding the safety of the
Briey iron fields, Just as II is their
desperation to hold the Mouse line.
Efficiency of the Briey district also
will be Affected by the big gun BON
hardment of the I.onguyon railway, this
being the direct line over which the
product is hauled back.
". 8. Gums Shoot 25 Miles
The American guns which are firing
u the ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS railway,
are shooting 90 miles. This shows the
guns are emplaced from five to ten
miles behind the American lines, as the
battlefront is about Is to 20 miles from
this line. They are much bigger caliber
than the boche guns which fired on
Paris. The German guns were nine
inch The American guns 1t has been
anGouncaI, areS16 inch.
The big guns made a great lit with
the French. who first served them hi
the st. Quentin and Loan regions. The
latter point was completely smashed by
them, as were all the enemy railways
leading from that town.
Used on ST. MiIicl Front.
Guns of almost similar caliber next
appeared a. the st. Mihiel salient
where they fired on the Metz region.
Description of these gung is pro
llibited for military reasons, aside from
the fact that they are transported by
railway. They are of such size that tn,
French despaired Of the Americans evel
getting them TO the iroEt.
All the accompanying equipment il
erstire American. The monsters were
brought over dashed to the decks Q,
ships.
GunS Are nike Pets
The commander of tie big guns il
the biggest peace spokesman on til.
west front. He is monarch when i
comes to consideration OF his pets. ii
one instance when he was notified tina
the French intended to move his MOI
stelss at a certain hour, he drove hi
american engines and ears out on til
line regardless OF other traffic, whicl
was Immediately cleared to permit hin
TO pass. All questions Of whether til
guns could pass through certain tui,
nels, and whose jurisdiction they woul,
come under, were swept aside by TIL
commander with the statement that Ii
had TO Sc through the tunnels and wa
not looking for proper jurisdiction, Blu
targets.
The car of the gun carry complet
equipment, down to food and clothing
as we'll as the giant shells.
The hompardmefit of the Mezieres
SedansLonguyon railway is the mos
serious development the boche HAS 81
faced, as this line serves for switcfin
purposes for troops from east to wes
and also is the main line for supplies. ]
Is The stem of the bottle neck which tn
4 boche must keep open Breaking 1
the line Iaetsls breaking OF the CONNIE
ton between the German arlnies to til
east and west except BY al almost In
possible circuitous cute.
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