Laon
Aisne, France
Mentioned: 1918
Other Fronts (news only) A hilltop city in the Aisne department, north of Reims. Named March 24, 1918, as the reported firing position of the long-range "Paris Gun" shelling the French capital. A distant news reference, never visited.
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1918
- 24 March 1918… y & I dined at 215th. – French papers say that shells are falling in Paris fired by a long range gun near Laon. – The range is 65 miles. The A.S.E. talks of striking. -50