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Show Franco-American Troops Believe Be-lieve Germans Had Planned Big Drive oh Epernay. WITH THE AMERICAN ARMY ON THE AISNE-MARNE FRONT, July 29 (By The Associated Press) Thc tremendous stores of German ammunition ammu-nition found by the Franco -American troops in tho forests of Foro and Ris leads officers to believe that the allied offensive nipped in the bud German plans for a momentous drive upon Epernay. Ep-ernay. The forests and thc surrounding country north of thc Marnc were virtually vir-tually one great arsenal for German ammunition of all kinds big gun shells being particularly numerous. At places pla-ces on the edges of the woods there were large shells stacked like cord wood over large areas. Thousands of these shells wero intended in-tended for tho German 210 millimeter guns, only a few of which havo been captured. The Americans assume that tho Germans withdrew many of these guns and that others intended for tho great drive had not yet arrived when tho allied offensive began. Ail through tho forests thc Americans Amer-icans camu upon ammunition depots, at sorao places moro than an acre of ground being covered with shells of all calibres. Somo of tho smaller shells wore labelled "for immediate use." Along thc roads everywhere, and oven In the open places, tho shells wero camouflaged with limbs of trees. From the roadways, skirting, tho forest in every patch of wood shells were visible. Every clump of trees or shrubbery sheltered shells of various calibres. Some of thc depots were devoted de-voted entirely to big shells and others exclusively to projectiles of smaller sizes, including gas shells, high explosives ex-plosives and cartridges for machine guns and rifles. The roadways near the forests' edges mile after mile of rifle cartridges were seen winding in and out and following the tree line like fences. The Allies arc planning a systematized systema-tized assembly of the shells for use later against thc Germans. Germans Release Convicts A prisoner taken by thc Americans Monday near the river Ourcq asserted that he had been released from a German Ger-man prison three weeks ago to join the army. Wheen the allied offensive began he was sent to fight with the Germans operating along the Marne. This prisoner said that other Germans had been released from confinement and turned over to thc army. From a dead German the Americans today took typewritten papers showing that he had been sot free from the Nordlingen prison July 17 to go to thc front. The documents showed that notwithstanding his joining tho colors thc penalty he was paying was to continue con-tinue hanging over his head. This German was killed by an American sergeant with a pistol just after the Americans had crossed thc Ourcq. oo |