Show 1 Damage to lo Bi Big i Gun IIII f rl's Is j I. I By Associated Press S PARIS April A 27 A A description of the he destruction by l' l artillery artillery artil- artil lery Iery of one of the long range cannon canI cannon can- can non I non with which the Germans have been bombarding Paris Paria is published published pub pub- today by the All the signs that B Bertha rtha a French nickname for the big bi- GerS German Ger Ger- S man guns referring to to Bertha BerthaS S Krupp was going to firo fire had been noticed The smoke curtain had gone up All AU around there was a chorus of loud reports Undoubtedly Undoubtedly Undoubtedly edly Bertha and or mil 70 naval guns were all firing simultaneously to disguise the whereabouts of the big bl- cannon 1 After Arter a short pause the firing was as resumed This time ten naval guns supplied the 1 French rench air all observers were on the lookout however and French guns guns opened fire in their turn The aviators signalled quickly that the result of ot the first salvo was most promising Two Iwo heavy shells exploded yards ards north of the big gun tearIng tearing tearing tear tear- ing up the railroad tracks leading to the concrete gun platform The firing tiring was continued getting getting get get- ting closer and closer until finally two enormous shells went through the camouflage Two formidable explosions were heard and the dis discomfited discomfited discomfited dis- dis Germans saw Bertha damaged beyond repair with a a. arent arent rent fifty feet long in barrel The aviators a reported that th they could see plainly through the ca camou camouflage ou- ou flage two gaping craters in the platform French gunners then set about preparing to destroy the third Bertha but thus far they have ha not succeeded for shells arrived in Paris again during the small mall hours of of the night |