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Show THE GERMAN BIG GUN. ; i Dispatches today report that the j troops of General Mangin have ( reached the Ailotte river cast of St. ! Paul aux-Bois. At that point they arc ' not more than seven miles from Go-bain Go-bain forest, where the German super-gun super-gun is located. Within the next week the gun may cease to be a mystery, although the near approach of tho French may cause the enemy to begin the removal 1 of the powerful weapon before a possibility pos-sibility of capture develops. There Is nothing in tho construction of the big gun that tho allies would like to know. They would not usp the gun if they gained possession of j it. But tho taking of the weapon would depress tho Germans and turn i their whole campaign of awe into a , complete fiasco. Parts of the 72-milo gun may now be on tho road north, going back as did Emperor William when he saw through his binoculars the American flag moving up from Chateau Thierry on (ho Marne |