METZ BOMBARDED.

Taihape Daily Times, 9 October 1918, Page 7

METZ BOMBARDED.

."PHENOMENON OF BATTLE." REASSURING THE PEOPLE. LONDON, Sept 20. Reuter's correspondent at Amsterdam states that the bombardment of Metz is announced in the following orficial communication, published in the Metz newspapers, and obviously intended to reassure the population: The enemy for several days has been bombarding MetZ with a long range gun. This bombardment has always been possible through all the years of war, and has een long expected. Modern guns have a longer range than, for example, the distance from south of Pont au Mousson to Metz. The present bombardment, therefore, is in no way connected with the fact that the enemy, after our evacuation of the St. Mihiel salient, has approached nearer the town. " It is only a concomitant phenomenon of the present barties west and south-west of Metz, an<» will soon cease, when these come to n standstill. Therefore, the regulations regarding entry and departure from the fortress zone remain unaltered. tl is announced from Washington that 9inch and laTger calibre guns can now shell Metz from the American positions.