ALLIED ARTILLERY.
GERMAN REAR DEVASTATED.
ROYE, P'ERONNE, AND BAPAUME SHELLED.
NEW YORK, August 18. (Received August 19, at 8.50 a.ra.) Herr Von Weigand, Berlin correspondent of the 'New York World,'says: There is a scene of. appalling devastation and desolation for miles behind the German lines on the Somme. The Allies are not shellinc the towns more than is necessary, yet Roye is partially in ruins, Peronne is burning, and Bapaume'is a picture of destruction.
Hundreds of the inhabitants refuse to leave, and are living in cellars. Many o' the German bomb-proof shelters are 30it underground. He saw a subteiTanean hospital below the officers' quarters.
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Evening Star, Issue 16197, 19 August 1916, Page 9
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