Emmons County record. [volume] (Williamsport, D.T. [i.e. N.D.]) 1884-current, 1918-03-28
Bombardment Of Paris From St.
Gobain Forest, 76 Miles
From City, Still Continues.
PEOPLE NOT ALARMED
Go to Church as Usual Though Pro.
jectiIes Fall During Greater
Part Of Day-sheiIs Fall
on Schedule.

Paris. March 26.--Long range bonn.
bardment Of Paris was resumed at 6
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 l22 kilo
meters. approximately 76 miles from
the Paris city hall, the German mons.
ter cannon" which has been bonn.
harding Paris, has been located.
The gun again bombarded Paris
during the greater part nf Sunday.
The day was ushered in by loud ex.
plosions from the lO.inch shells, and
Immediately the alarm to take cover
was sounded. This occurred at 6:a5
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 filed 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 bombardment. "a
shots In all were fred from 7.2o a.
m. to 3 o'clock p. m. a shell drop
ping every twenty minutes with mon.
otonous regularity. The lombard.
ment presented all the characteristics
Of bombardment by heavy artillery.
there being regular intervals between
the shots and the shells falling with.
in restricted area. Enemy aviators
who few over the city during the
early hours OF the bombardment regu.
lated the firing.
"French Front Intact" Note.
For the benefit OF that portion OF
the populace which had been led to
believe the Germans had broker
through the line and we're lombard
ing Paris from nearby positions. q
semi-official note was issued. This
warned the people againrt believing
pessimistic reports.
"The French front is intact" sale
the note. ANY assertion to the con
trary is lie"
As late as o'clock no explosions
had been heard for more than ar
hour. The clear signal" was sound
ed at $3.50 o'clock.
Schedule 10 speeded Up.
Although during the earlier hours ot
the hombardment the shells arrived
on twenty minute intervals, later ir
the day they began arriving every AZ
teen minutes on the average, ant
some Of them even fell 12 minute.
apart.
IN military circles the belief wa!
expressed that the Germans were VS.
ing two lorg distance guns. The Ma
tin says the position of one OF the
guns was established in the st. Go
balm forest. which would place I
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
tol. but that the popul~tion shall b,
warned Of bombardment by dis
tinctive means. differing from TIL,
usual warnings sent ont in cases o
air raids. Drums will he beaten ant
the police will sound whistles.