Evening Republican, Volume 22, Number 52, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 3 March 1919 — FIND BIG HUN WAR STORES [ARTICLE]

FIND BIG HUN WAR STORES

Immense Amount of Material Aban* doned by Germans in Region of Coblenz. Coblenz. —Thirty-five million rounds of small-arm ammunition were among the material abandoned by the Gerroans in th& regioa of Coblgnz ; These were recently discovered by the Amer leans during an exploration of the underground storehouses and tunnels where the German munitions were kept. Five million rounds of this ammunition had been captured" from the French. The other 30,000,000 rounds were manufactured -by the Germans, who took captured' British shells and; loaded them with German powder and bullets taken from the French. Most of these cartridges were boxed and addressed, in readiness for shipment to various units in Turkey. Thirty-six thousand rifles captured from the British and found stored in Coblenz have been turned over to their original owners, while 10,000 French rifles have been returned to the French.- ——- —