London, Aug. 20.
A long-range gun had been shooting at the English south-east coast, it is now learned.
Fragments of metal have been examined and experts have concluded that they are splinters from shells fired from the French coast.
It is stated that there should be no technical difficulty in making guns with a range of 100 miles, but the cost would be tremendous and their inacurracy very great. The view here is that guns having this range will never have anything more than nuisance value and that as aircraft they cannot produce military results.
Observation can only be rushed by plane, and these spotters would never go unmolested. Because London would come within the range of such guns, there is always the possibility that some random shells may be fired into the ca added.—Reuter.
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