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Tons of Bombs Dropped on Paris; 20 Killed and 50 Injured. Berlin Reports This Was Done as a Reprisal; Attack on Americans Occurred During Heavy Fog

With the American Army, France, Wednesday, Jan. 30.—(Delayed). An American position in a certain section on the French front was raided during a heavy fog at daylight this morning after a violent artillery barrage. Two Americans were killed, four wounded, and one missing is believed to have been captured. It is now permitted to disclose all the recent casualties given out at Washington which occurred on this sector. Last night was fairly quiet throughout the American sector. At daybreak this morning fog enveloping the whole position became thicker and at seven o'clock there were three muffled reports followed by shell bursts on three sides of the American listening post, near similar post of the enemy. "Then hell broke loose" said one of the men there. It is certain the enemy casualties from American fire equal or exceed ours.

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The Lakeland evening telegram. (Lakeland, Fla.), January 31, 1918 — front page Enlarge →

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Paris Gun

The Paris gun was used to shell Paris at a range of 120 km (75 mi). The gun was fired from a wooded hill near Crépy, and the first shell landed at 7:18 a.m. on 23 March 1918 on the Quai de la Seine, the explosion being heard across the city. Shells continued to land at 15-minute intervals, with 21 counted on the first day.

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German spring offensive

On 21 March 1918, the Germans launched a large offensive against the British Fifth Army and the right wing of the British Third Army. The bombardment hit targets over an area of 150 square miles, the biggest barrage of the entire war. Over 1,100,000 shells were fired in five hours.

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Armistice of 11 November 1918

British Prime Minister David Lloyd George announced: 'The armistice was signed at five o'clock this morning, and hostilities are to cease on all fronts at 11 a.m. to-day.' News of the armistice being signed was officially announced towards 9:00 a.m. in Paris.

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