SENSATION IN FRANCE.
HELPLESS AGAINST GERMANY. By; telegraph* Press A’stt’n, Copyri'glr Received 9.46 p.m., Oct 20. Paris, Oct. 20. -M. Lanessan created a eensation by declaring that tbe fortresses on tho eastern frontier of Frauoe are unable to resist the 150 powerful guns Germany possesses, and howitzers throwing projectiles weigh* mg 40 kilogrammes and mortars throwing 145 kilogrammes filled with powerful explosives. He declared that France possesses no similar artillery.
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Gisborne Times, Volume XIX, Issue 1590, 21 October 1905, Page 2
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