FRANCE.

Taranaki Daily News, 1 April 1918, Page 5

FRANCE.

(HE LONG TANGE GUN. SHELL WRECKS PARTS CHURCH. BIG DE\TH ROLL Amtrpjifln CaMe Assoc : at : on. Received Maro'i :il, p.m. Paris, March "0. Following are details of tin- sun iliat i* bombarding Paris: It 7H feet ion.,', the shell being between eight and nne indies, but it in fitted with a false cap of eloneatV. nose, giving an extreme length of nearly five feet. The seerrr. appear* to bo the' distribution of shell's weight, giving it stca'li;>'« an ! enabling it to ti.vel a lons 'ii-fnee. The muzzle velocity is 5000 feel per -c.ond. ond the gun is fired at an elevation of 55 deercej. . It is believed that »ht or seven of these guns ere in ex : =tence, each taitig «ble to fire iSO rounds. A German shell 'truck a Paris church on Rood Friday durin? the Terebr?.e serTiee, and killed 75 besides injuring AO. including many women and children. The church tra» crowded, and j'i=t the service wan itartin? a shell pierced the roof and shook the edifice to its foundations. A large p'lbr collapsed, l.rinttinsr down the ar<!h on the congregation. nortioM of, the shell were scattered in all direction*. Many willin" ]>i»W« sorched the debris and removed the wounded

Poincare (the Pro ' :'*>rl the Archbishop of Pari* were cariv on the seen". Weeping, the Archbishop cried: "\tnriehei! Thev h»rc cho«en the day and hoar of Christ's Heath on the Cross to coAmit this crime.'' Among the killed was XL Stroethlnsr, Couuellor to the Swvs Legation. Tie thell fame from a Ion? ranp<- ?un. The church h»d prev\ou?!v been struck during Hlfrh Mass on Sunday, several be<cg injured THE 191!) CLASS CAT/,TO UP. Received March 31. 5 5 p.m. Paris, March 30. Both hawes lmvc adopted the Bit! calling np the 1919 class.