Evening Republican, Volume 21, Number 64, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 25 March 1918 — GERMAN WONDER GUN HAS RANGE OF 76 MILES [ARTICLE]

GERMAN WONDER GUN HAS RANGE OF 76 MILES

Paris, March 24.—The Germans’ “monster cannon” which has been bombing Paris has been located in the forest of St. Gobain, west of Laon, and exactly 117 kilometres (approximately 76 miles) from the Paris city hall. The gun bombarded Paris during the greater part of Sunday. The day was ushered in by loud explosions from the ten-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 bl» them appeared in the streets on their way to the churches, which were almost as well filled as usual. The women who sell palm leaves on Palm Sunday, did their usual thriving business.

At-first the shells began arriving at intervals of twenty minutes and the detonations, considering the Sunday calm, seemed louder than those of Saturday. Their power to disturb the equanimity of the populace, however, seemed less, the people refusing to be distracted from their Sunday habits to any great extent. For the benefit of that portion of the populace which had been led to believe the Germans had broken through the line and were bombarding Paris, from nearby positions, a semi-official note was issued during the day. This warned the people against believing pessimistic reports. “The French front is intact,” said the note. “Any assertion to the contrary is a lie.”