SIEGE ARTILLERY AHEAD OF FORTIFICATION.

Hawera & Normanby Star, Volume LXVIII, Issue LXVIII, 19 October 1914, Page 8

SIEGE ARTILLERY AHEAD OF FORTIFICATION.

TEN YEARS AHEAD OF "THE

DAY."

GUN

POSITION COMMAS £>IM& EDINBURGH SECURED.

SERBO-MONTENEGRIN STJCCEsS

GERMAN REINFORCEMENTS IN

FRANCE

(Received Oct. 19, 12.30 p.m.)

LONDON, Oct. *&

Lord Sydenham (formerly Sir Sj.d%>. rham Clarke, Governor "of Bombay) imxli an authority on fortification, in .am interview, stated that the great stritl&s in fieJd and siege artillery and the development of high explosives, had iseeffl absolutely fatal to forts of the «n----ventional form. It was difficult to believe that after the upset of her plans Germany had impetus enough to ay;ain take the offensive on Paris. The British Government should take more active means to restrict supplies from outside to Germany. The Observer states that the military 'raided a large German factory at Edinburgh, which 'has been built for a. decade. Thirty thousand pounds was spent .on magnificent concrete foundations, the proprietor explaining that enormously heavy machinery would be required. The factory was capable of accommodating five hundred people, but t.ever more than six Germans had been seen. The machinery had never arrived nor had the factory started. Its situation dominates Edinburgh and big guns placed there could . hit Rosyth and Forth bridge. NISH, Oct. 13. Official. —The Serbo-Montene^rin forces on Wednesday defeated a division of Austrians and reinforced other units at Glasinao, dominating the fortifications of Serajevo. PARIS, Oct., 18. Large bodies of reinforcements have been rushed to the German right fian-k during the week. ■ ' -' A force recently in the det>ots at Dresden is now in north-west France, its objective being the coast line from Ostend to Boulogne.