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Show ilEGE OF MAUBEUGE BEGAN TWO YEARS AGO Paris, Sept 27 It Is now known thin the Germans' heavy siege gins began firing on the forts at Man -beuge with remarkable accuracy, indi eating perfect knowledge of the range, as soon as they bad been brought up and placed In position It is nlco known now why they were able to do so The heavy concrete platform neces sarv to mount the guns had been in position for more than two cars in a seemingly Innocent factory about four miles from the forts. This factory was constructed In the woods of Lannieres, which secral sears ai;o passed Into the hands of a purchaser who described himself as Gilbert Masty of Brussels. Tho Ma tin reminds us today, however, that It published on July 3. 1911, the following fol-lowing paragraph- "The real proprietor of the woods of Lannli r b is henceforth Frederick Krupp. This statement Is confirmed today by a paragraph In the Gazette de Cologne by another In the t'ou-ritr t'ou-ritr de la Bourse, by recent circulars of the French bank at Nancy and las', ly. by the Krupp company Itself, which announced tho coming Installation Instal-lation of a locomotive factory on ground located in tho woods of Lannieres Lan-nieres " It was this sol-cllHtain factory which acted as cover for a system of eapi onat-.e to complete that during the bombardment of the fort the enemy was Informed by an underground tele-phono tele-phono of all that was going on inside the city. |