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Photograph H04410 First World War, 1914-1918Position of "Bertha", one of the big guns at Crepy en Laonnois, that bombarded Paris.

The Australian War Memorial Collection. Test site
Position of "Bertha", one of the big guns at Crepy en Laonnois, that bombarded Paris.
Position of "Bertha", one of the big guns at Crepy en Laonnois, that bombarded Paris.

Aisne Area, France. 1918-10-21. French Army soldiers at Crepy en Laconnois inspecting the remains of a heavy gun position used by the German Army to bombard Paris. (Donor French Government)

CREPY EN LANNOIS, FRANCE, 1914-18 WAR BIG GERMAN GUN.

The 'Paris Gun' round which many legends were woven, which astonished the world, with transportable crane specially constructed for the purpose. This heavy German 24 cm long range railway gun bombard

An artist's impression of one of the German long range guns, the 'Paris Gun' in its position in the Saint Gobain Woods near Laon in France. The Germans fired 367 shells from long range guns, in four
Trench near Crepy Wood during the attack upon Lihons. The 10th Battalion on 10 August 1918 in the Old Somme trench system near Lihons; Crepy Wood in the background, and some of the enemy field guns wh
