Martinsburg W Va evening journal. [volume] (Martinsburg, W. Va.) 1913-1920, 1918-03-25
MONSTER (N Still
BOMBAfDING PARIS
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man cannon had been located 70
!miles from the French capital has
mot been confirmed. Many French ex.
perts atl believe that airmen. ny
/ ing at high altitude, were respon-
sible.
Attention was directed today to
the fact that the shells have practic,
ally no force when they strike the
ground. and that they seem to fall
I with slackening speed At numerous
/ places measurements showed that
the shell-holes on an average were
only about four feet in diameter and
two feet deep.
4 The head of the French Commits
sion in the United States made pub
tlic Il statement in which he said that
even though the Germans are using
such long range gun, which he
does not as yet admit, the gun
would have no practical military
value.
Sharpe Tells of Bombardment
Washington, March 25.-Ambassa.
dor Sharpe has transmitted to the
state department the following dis.
patch, made public in Paris on Sat
urday night, dealing with the myster-
ious long.range bombardment.
"The enemy has fired on Paris
with a long-distance gun since s
a. m. today every quarter of an
hour, and 40> of the shells have
reached the capital and suburbs.
There are 10 dead and about Is
wounded. Means to combat the en-
envy guns are in course of execution"
| Another message reaching here
lsaid that it was believed the German
airplanes seen over Paris at very
great height were there to observe
the result of the long.range bonn
lbardment. Officials today were still
puzzled over the conflicting reports
about the gun, which was said to be
again in use against Paris today.
and until official word clearing UP
all of the mystery surrounding the
matter is received, they are with
holding comment.
Paris, March 25 The German
monster cannon" which has been
, bombardng Paris. has been located
! in the Forest of st. Gobain. west Of
Laon and exactly 122 kilometers
! (about rs miles, from the Paris city
hall The gun bombarded Paris dur
| ing the greater part of Sunday. The
day was ushered in by loud explos.
ions from the 10-inch shells, and i'm
mediately the alarm to take cover
was sounded
The bombardment Of the capital
ended around ! o'clock, and as late
as 8 o'clock no explosions had been
heard for more than an hour. The
clear signal was sounded at $50
o'clock Although during the earlier
hours Of the bombardment the
shells arrived on Commute intervals
later in the day they began arriving
every Is minutes on the average, and
some of them even fell II minutes
apart
in military circles the belief was
expressed that the Germans Were
using two long-distance guns. The
Matin says the position of one of the
guns was established in the st. Go
balm forest which would place it
somewhere farther south than had
been believed in the wooded area
This position would be about 70 mile
from Paris.
In Saturdays bombardment "a
shots in all were fired from 100 a.
m. to O'Clock p. m. a shell dropping
every twenty minutes with momot
onous regularity The bombardment
presented all the characteristics OF a
bombardment by heavy artillery,
there being regular intervals betwee
tho shots and the shells falling with.
in a restricted area Enemy aviators
who flew high over the city during
the early hours of the bombardment
| regulated the firing.