Show I German Guns Gulls Worn I jud nd Shells Jail Fail to I Reach Their Mark MarkBy By William Philip Simms United Press Staff Correspondent WITH THE BRITISH S ARMIl IN THE FIELD Sept 17 German German guns are becoming so worn at least in certain sectors that the kaisers kaiser's troops are frequently killed by their own shells according according according accord accord- ing to prisoners prisoners' statements today Worn guns and lack lach of sufficient airplanes are causing the armies under Crown Crown- Prince Rupprecht considerable trouble The story has been told and amply verified by prisoners today that th the German Germun Ger Ger- man mun guns firing by chart fir fire short as a rule and there being no planes to observe the error the shells have frequently been burstIng bursting burst- burst Ing lag in German trenches A gun in good condition can be fired fairly accurately by tion Under given conditions conditions' a ashell shell sheIl will go exactly so many yards When the rifling becomes worn however the shells do not travel as far as they should alge alge- Hence the Germans Germans' trouble German prisoners complain of the shelling Some see in it the usual callousness of the higher command who haven't any re- re grard gard ard for lives of their men nen Diaries show the Germans are calling some of these worn guns ninety nine and one half meter pieces explaining this in is short hort for millimeter m because because be be- cause the tha guns themselves are al always always always al- al ways a little short |