Did French troops run out of ammo in fight with Taliban?

Telegraph:

The "secret" file quoted by a Canadian newspaper said that the French troops ambushed on Aug 18 in a valley east of Kabul did not have enough bullets, radios and other equipment to sustain them through two days of fighting.

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According to the report cited by the Globe and Mail newspaper, the troops were forced to abandon a counter attack when the weapons on their vehicles ran out of ammunition only 90 minutes into the battle. One French platoon had just one radio, which was quickly knocked out, leaving them powerless to call for reinforcements.

The dead soldiers from that platoon "showed signs of being killed at close range", the report said.

By contrast, it said that the insurgents were well prepared and equipped, with expert snipers who appeared to have used incendiary bullets designed to punch holes in armour.

Nato and the Paris government denied the existence of such a report.

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It seems clear the French troops were not prepared for that battle, so the "report" has a ring of truth to it. Usually such encounters wind up with a lot of dead Taliban from air strikes flown in support of the ambushed patrols. These are usually followed by a claim that the ambushers were really part of a wedding party.

Michael Yon says the report is accurate and there are more damaging details that might come out. The report was evidently done by the special forces.