Logan Republican | 1903-05-12 | Page 2 | Shooting out Searchlights

8hoetlng Out Searchlights. An Interesting experiment In night artillery work was made in Oermany recently. A searchlight was placed at a distance unknown to the officers In command ot a field battery, and after af-ter It was turned on, the guns wero brought into action against it. Six 4.7 guns wero used, the range was obtained ob-tained very rapidly, and withlu Ore minutes tho light was broken to pieces. Another searchlight, at a range of about 2,200 yards, was btoken after a few roundB bad beci fired. Dy daylight, a balloon floating about 100 feet in the air was broug it down on the twentieth round at 3. 300 yards, not by direct puncture, hut by a shrapnel shell which exploded closo to It. Two batteries fought n duel, the actual firing bolng agr.!r.si dummies; when the dummies were knocked down tho marker telephone ' to tho roal battery, and tho men w jjs.o representatives had been destrovr , fell out.