The Wahpeton times., 1918-03-28
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-shelIs Fall
on Schedule.

AArdment of Paris was resumed at 8
o'clock Monday morning, but was in.
aerrupted after the second shot.
After a brief interval two more
shots were fred. The bombardment
was again suspended At $40 o'clock.
Az was the case Sunday. the people
lid not take to shelter. Little In
<ersst was shown in the lombard.
ment.;
~ Gun Located rs Miles Away.
Paris, March 26.-ln the st. Gobain
forest west of I4aon, exactly 122 kilo.
metsrs, 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 $3.50
o'clock and many persons sought
shelter, bat 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 busf
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 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 7oo a.
m. to 5 o'clock p. M, 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 flew over the city during the
lated the firing.
"French Front Intact" Note.
For the benefit Of that portion Of
the populace which had heen led to
believe the Germans had broken
through the line and we're lombard
ing Paris from nearby positions, a
semtofficial note was issued. This
warned the people against believing
pessimistic reports.
"The French front is intact" said
the note. amy assertion to the con-
trary is a lie"
AS late as 2 o'clock no explosions
had been heard for more than an
hour The clear signal' was sound
ed at $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 II 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. Co.
balm forest, which would place it
somewhat further south in the wooded
area than had been believed.
The government has decided that
IN the future the hombardment of
Paris by .onG distance guns shall not
interrupt the normal life OF the can't
1ol, bnt that the polul",ion shall he
warned Of bombarAmcnt by dis.
tlnctivo means, differing from tho
usual warnings sent ont in cases of
alr raids Drums will he beaten and
the police will sound whistles.