France v. Germany
SUPERIORITY OF THE FRENCH ARTILLERY. EFFECT OF MELINITE SHELLS (Received 8.0 a.m.) London, August 25.
Accounts of the fighting received in Paris confirm the superiority of the French artillery. The melinite shells, had a terrible effect. When one fell, a German company was annihilated as if 9 gianE had struck it with a. Titanic axe. Those hit are directly pulverised, while others are killed from the shock of the exploson.
The enemy's letters seized testify to the havoc caused hy the French guns.
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Stratford Evening Post, Volume XXXX, Issue 8, 27 August 1914, Page 5
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