“There is much talk here,” says a Malta correspondent, “of a new German
siege gun which kills as much by poisonous gases liberated from the
shell as by the solid contents. The gun has a relatively small bore and
is easily mounted on wheels.
“The shell is loaded at the mouth of the gun, but a metallic shaft,
making a piece with the shell, is rammed tightly into the gun. Shell and
shaft are shot together.”