The French guns sank one of the vessels and scattered the rest.
By October 1942 a French 75mm gun had also been installed at the site.
At about half past eleven the next morning the French guns began to fire.
The rains of the previous night have made it impossible to maneuver the French guns.
The French 75-mm gun was the best of its type.
She carried 16 French long 6-pounder guns and had a crew of 120.
Over the hill came the thumps of the French guns, a sound so common that men hardly noticed it any more.
She calmly kept out of range of the French guns and went on working.
She was one year old and was armed with 16 French 12-pounder guns.
One of these is an 18th-century French gun decorated in classical designs.