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Show illun Trick Discovered. WTTH THTC AMERICAN ARMY ON THF AISNK-MARNIC FRONT, July 28. (By the Associated Press.!. When the Americans crossed the Marne they discovered discov-ered the retreating Germans had conceived con-ceived a. trick to deceive the allied air bombers. Boats and floats submerged and held down by rocks were found so arranged they could be made accessible for use in short order for crossing from the south to the north bank. In many inslnnees those, floats spanned the river and were held by cables, and it only required a short time to float them. The Germans did not get a chance to use their impromptu bridges, having been swept away from them by the fire of the allied guns. The French and Americans, however, made use of the floa Is when they came- along in hot pursuit of the enemy. |