Show BIG BIG I GUNS SHELL LONDON SA SAY YI Y- Y Fog Fails to Stop Shop German Attackers Super Cannon Fire Over Channel We Weapons pons Shoot 90 Miles From Coast of France BERLIN Sept 17 AP AP- AP Germanys Germany's long-distance long guns gunson gunson on the French channel coast have begun to shell London in informed informed informed in- in formed German sources disclosed disclosed disclosed dis dis- closed Tuesday night Th The guns which have gone into action against London are super- super cannon cannon hitherto unused these sources said and even now their firing is more or less limited to range rang finding Their use however however however how how- ever is is expected to increase da daily ly It is roughly 90 miles from Irom the I German oc occupied French coast to I i London The strictest strictest secrecy A secrecy prevails I fOncer ng t tto ti fl s of t the guns said that cert certain in big berthas during the World war would fire I 75 miles one was used against Paris Since then they added science has made great strides and the somewhat longer distance from Calais to London is no I pr problem blem Guns Described From newsreel l pictures which have been shown in the reich it appears that these new guns have barrels resembling a telescope I That is each section is slightly thinner than the preceding one I but the sections are connected by strong buttresses I The newsreel pictures indicate i these barrels actually sway in the theair theair theair air after aLter a shot has been fired Meanwhile D N B the official news agency said a rolling German German German Ger Ger- man attack against London is continuing continuing continuing con con- amidst rain and storm Authorized sources said heavy blows in the last 24 hours had been delivered against the British capitals capital's traffic junctions and subway subway sub- sub I j way stations and that the striking I power of the royal air force had I been blunted London Damage Told Many of London's traffic ar arrangements arrangements arrangements ar- ar were were demoralized by the most effective attacks on vital points within the last 24 hours authorized sources sources asserted assert assert- ed while th the high command de declared declared declared de- de British planes had not even attempted to attack German territory Monday night German circles interpreted this Continued on Page Fin Fl Column Three th 4 e L p fk iM V M Mr f r f a 1 v k Y ri f Y A r t AY 44 tVS N j 4 At y t Y v 5 P r Pir Nii IF 4 S s f f y w wy y 4 1 4 is Z iX t ti i t R u y r t p 0 A 99 0 r tj y Dg a w sJ a 4 ti f r 0 x A PLENTY OF WORK FOR LONDON FIREMEN AFTER GERMAN FALL FAUL Scene in neighborhood of St. St Pauls Paul's cathedral in heart of British capital GERMAN GUNS SHELL LONDON t tC Continued from Page Face One lack of British attacks as a sign of a weakening of British air re reserves reserves reserves re- re serves which now must be held in readiness to counter German attacks Moreover British raids on the held German-held coasts of France Belgium and Holland could be counted on the fingers of one hand authorized sources said Besides setting huge fires with I bombs of all calibers in many parts of Industrial London au authoritative authoritative authoritative au- au sources said the German German German Ger Ger- man air force lorce has drastically in interfered interfered interfered in- in with production at the mingham and forced suspension of production at the Royce Rolls-Royce plant where motorcycles were destroyed Havoc Claimed The high command said docks and industrial targets at Liverpool Liverpool Liverpool Liver Liver- pool were laid waste with showers show show- ers of bombs an and similar objectives objectives objectives tives at the Yorkshire port of Whitby were hit Several British Merchant ships were hit by a shelling of the Dover area Monday the high command said Informed sources described the raids on London Monday and last night as the heaviest of the war and the accompanying air battles with huge concentrations of British fighter craft as perhaps the greatest of the war But the high command said only four lour British planes were downed in these fights and only three German warplanes failed to come back London dispatches said fog rain and gales prevailed over the I English channel |