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Show GERMAN SIEGE GUNS INEFFECTIVE IN THE FIELD By GERALD MORGAN. Pans, Sept 16 From my observation observa-tion of the Gprman siege guns in action ac-tion at Solssons I Judge that their value is limited to two points. First, every' gun can be drawn about anywhere, any-where, even over muddy roads, which is a novelty for eleven-inch howitzers Secondly, their armor-piercing quality undoubtedly must work havoc with the steol and concrete of a permanent fort, while the explosion, limited to a radius of twenty yards, causes, even in the open, concussion of the brain to one close by. I therefore judge that In a steel and concrete permanent position their effect on the soldiers must be terrible. terri-ble. This hears out what Lieutenant Lieuten-ant Guyer told me in Brussels ihat some Belgians in tho Liege forts went crazy. But so far as shooting in the open Is concerned, the French laugh at these monstrous German weapons and say they can do no more damage dam-age than their own little field guns. Of course, they blow big holes In the roads, but the French repair them easily. |