The Madison daily leader. [volume] (Madison, S.D.) 1890-current, 1918-03-26
BIG 75-MILE 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.
jecties 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.-Ip 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 bonn
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 10-inch shells, and
Immediately the alarm to take cover
was sounded This occurred at 6:55
o'clock and many 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 busi-
| ness.
Shells Fall on Schedule.
At first, the shells began arriving
at intervals of twenty minutes, and
| the detonations, considering the Sun
J day calm, seemed louder than those
of Saturday. Their power to disturb
the equanimity OF the populace, 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 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 all the characteristics
of boInbardment by heavy artillery,
there being regular intervals between
| the shots and the shells falling with
| in a restricted area. Enemy avfators
who flew 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 broken
through the line and we're lombard.
ing Paris from nearby positions, a
semi-official note was issued This
warned the people against believing
| pessimistic reports.
"The French front is intact" said
the note. ANY assertion to the con
trary is lie."
AS late as o'clock no explosions
had been heard for more than an
hour. The clear signal" was sound
ed at $3.50 O'Clock
Schedule Is speeded Up.
Although during the earlier hours OF
the bombardment the shells arrived
on twenty minute intervals, later In
the day they began arriving every fif
teen minutes on the average, and
some Of them even fell IL minutes
apart.
In military circles the belief was
expressed that the Germans were us
ing two long distance guns. The Ma
tin says the position of one of the
guns was established In the st. Go
balm forest, which would place II
somewhat further south in the wooded
area than had been believed.
The government has decided thai
in the future the bombardment o
Paris by long distance guns shall moi
interrupt the normal life of the capi
tol, but that the populn tion shall be
warned OF bombardment by dis
tinctive means, differing from the
usual warnings sent out IN cases oi
air raids. Drums will he beaten and
the police will sound WhistlAs