GERMAN HEAVY GUNS
PROBABLY OF FRENCH ORIGIN According to "France," the new French daily* published in London, the heavy guns now being used to shell the English coast and convoys passing through the Straits of Dover are probably of French origin. Their calibre, it is stated, sponds to that of the French longrange guns mounted behind the Maginot Line. These were mobile and were fired from railway lines? at objectives situated at a great distance. Article 5 of the Armistice conditions should be noted in this connection. It "reads: "Germany may demand the surrender in good condition of all artillery . . . and muni tions. Germany will decide the extent of these deliveries."' Article 7 specifically, demands the handing over in good condition of all land and coast defences.
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Bay of Plenty Beacon, Volume 2, Issue 248, 11 December 1940, Page 2
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