Courier Democrat. (Langdon, N.D.) 1891-1920, 1918-03-28
BIG 75-M|LE GUN
POUNDING AWAY
Bombardment of Paris From St.
Gobain Forest, rs Miles
From City, Still Continues.
PEOPLE NOT ALARMED
Go to Church as Usual Though Pro.
~jectiIes Fall During Greater
Part of Day-Shells Fall
on Schedule.

Paris, March 26.-Long range BON.
bardment of Paris vas resumed at t
o'clock Monday morning, but was in:
terrupted after the second shot.
After a brief interval two more
shots were fired. The bombardment
was again suspended at $40 o'clock.
AS was the case Sunday, the people
did not take to shelter. Little in
terest was shown in the lombard.
ment.
Gun Located rs Miles Away.
Paris, March 26.-In the st. Gobain
forest west of Laon, exactly 122 kilo'
meters, approximately 76 miles from
the Paris city hall, the German mons
ter Cannon" which has been BON
harding Paris, has been located.
The gun again bombarded Paris
during the greater part of Sunday.
The day was ushered in by loud ex'
-plosions from the 1O-inch shells, and
Immediately the alarm to take cover
was sounded. This occurred at $3.50
o'clock and man, persons sought
Shelter, but greater numbers of them
appeared in the streets on their usual
way to the churches, which were
almost as we'll filled as usual. The
women who sell palm leaves on Palm
Sundays did their usual thriving bust.
ness.
Shells Fall on Schedule.
At first, the shells began arriving
at intervals of twenty minutes, and
the detonations, considering the Sun
day calm, seemed louder than those
of Saturday. Their power to disturb
the equanimity of the %ropulace, how
ever, seemed less, the people refusing
to be distracted from their Sunday
habits to any great extent.
In Saturdays Commandment, "a
shots in all were fired from 7.20 a.
m. to 3 o'clock p. M, a shell drop.
ping every twenty minutes with mon
otonous regularity. The lombard
ment presented ali the characteristics
of a bombardment by heavy artillery
there being regular intervals between
the shots and the shells falling with
in a restricted area. Enemy %aviators
who few over the city during the
early hours Of the bomhardment regu.
lated the firing. ~~
"Freneh Front Intact" Note.
For the benefit of that portion OF
the populace which had been led tc
believe the Gernlars had broker
through the line and we're lombard
ing Paris from nearby positions, .
semi-official note was issued. This
warned the people against believing
pessimistic reports.
"The French front is intact" sale
the note. ANY assertion to the cor
trary is a lie"
As late as 3 o'clock no explosions
had been heard for more than ar
hour. The clear signal" was sound
ed at $3.50 o'clock.
Schedule Is Speeded Up.
Although during the earlier hours o.
the bombardment the shells arrived
on twenty minute intervals, later ir
the day they began arriving every fit
teen minutes on the average, an(
some of them even fell - minutes
oart.
IN military circles the belief was
expressed that the Germans were us
Ing two long distance guns. The Ma
tn says the position of one of the
guns was established in the st. Go
balm forest, which would place /
somewhat further south in the wooded
area than had been believed.
The government has decided tina
in the future the bombardment O
Paris by long distance guns shall no
interrupt the normal life of the capi
toll, but that the population shall b.
warned Of a bombardment by dis
tinctive means, differing from tn
usual warnings Sent out in cases O
air raids. Drums will he beaten an
the police will sound whistles.