Salt Lake Herald-Republican | 1915-07-14 | Page 12 | Cathedral in Arras Burned by Germans

CATHEDRAL IN ARRAS BURNED BY GERMANS Incendiary Shells Miella U td In ment of French Trench City Hurt Murt Violent Fires Paris July 13 Since Since Juno June 2 27 tho the Germans Germane have bombarded systematically systematical systematical- l ly 11 various arlou parts of or Arras Arra with projectiles projectiles tiles of ji all calibers sas says an official communication given out today hy y the French war var department On Juno June 27 the tho was v extremely violent and wan was executed rI by six inch Inch eight and seventeen seventeen- n- n Inch S JUI guns guis between the hours of af t 8 a a. a m. m and 2 p p. m m. and between en U Ii I p. p in and SO p. p In m. Tho fire was as directed par particularly particularly par Jar at the citadel and Ing streets On Jui July i 5 G at 40 p. p m m the statement state ment continued tho the enemy recommenced recommenced Its bombardment of oC the city cUY concentrating It Its fire on the environs of tho the cathedral more especially upon Saint the ancient bishops bishop's palace pal pal- ace which h had been transformed Into a n. museum Incendiary shells set Bet the building on fire tire and the use of ot fuse tuse shells from three Inch and Inch four-Inch guns Kuns prevented our organizing to combat combat com com- bat the fire tire which eat soon assumed great and and completely destroyed the palace i On July 6 II about 5 a. a m. m shells fell on the cathedral l roof root which took Tire lire and despite the tho efforts of oC our troops wa was entirely consumed as were C Ie the cathedral org organs