The Owosso times. (Owosso, Mich.) 1897-1926, 1916-06-02
BOTH SIDES GAIN
IN vERDUN FIGHT
Kaiser Claims Cumieres Wood
Cleared Of Foe.
SIX MILES FROM FORTS KEY

French In Meantime, Gain New I'm.
portant Position at Dead Man Hin
Berlin Claims Two Miles OF
Trenches and over 1900 Prisoners
Taken.
London, June 1.-While admitting a
serious reverse In the fighting be-
tween Dead Man Hill and Cumieres
where the Germans claimed the cap
ture of nearly two miles OF French
trenches, the Paris war office declares
that the French troops have rallied
and captured heavily fortified Ger
man position on the southwest slope
of Dead Man Hill.
The midnight communique from Pa
ris. claiming the capture of 245 pris-
oners in the Mort Homme fighting. Is
much more optimistic than any is
sued by the French for several days,
but even this improved tone has fail
ed to lift the cloud caused by the
German advances west of the river.
The Germans claim in the fighting
over 1900 prisoners and two miles of
trenches taken.
Berlin, June German troops op-
Grating in the Verdun region west Of
the Meuse have been successful In
clearing the southern environs Of Gu
mieres Village Of the French who were
holding on there, the war office an
nounces. Nearly 100 prisoners were
taken.
The capture on May 20 of a naval
gun and eighteen machine guns dur
ing the fighting in Caurettes wood al
so was announced.
Enemy torpedo-boats that appear
ed off the coast were driven back by
our artillery fire." says the statement.
Lively firing is in progress between
La Bassee Canal and Arras. German
patrols were successful in enterprises
near Neuve Chappelle and to the
northeast of that place. Thirty-eight
British, among whom was one officer,
were taken prisoner and one machine
gun was captured.
Con the left bank Of the Mouse the
bushes and hedges south of the Will
age of Cumieres were cleared Of the
enemy. Three officers and eighty
eight men were taken prisoner. --
During our attacks on May 20 we
captured In Caurettes wood one naval
gun, eighteen guns, quantity Of mine
throwers and much other material"
French Lose Trench.
Paris, June French troops were
compelled to evacuate a first line
trench south of Caurettes woods and
to retire south of Cumieres Village
in the direction of the Chattancourt
station under most violent attacks.
the war office announces. BY coun-
ter attack the French regained the
lost ground south OF Cumieres.
Throughout Tuesday the most vio-
lent battle yet fought on the north
western front of Verdun continued
without cessation. The struggle grew
more furious toward nightfall and was
continued Wednesday.
Fight on Wide Front.
Between the Meuse and Dead Mans
Hill the Germans launched attack at
ter attack on a two-and-one-half-mile
front. German divisions charged for
ward in powerful strokes against
French works east Of Dead Mans Hill
and against the positions still held by
the French In the southern part of
Cumieres.
Those attacks, for the most part,
were completely repulsed, the French
time and again beating back German
assaults until the front was literally
covered with dead and wounded.
The Germans meanwhile treated the
French positions to a terrific artillery
fire. A first-line' trench south of eau
rettes woods was completely leveled
by the German fire and was Of neces-
sity abandoned.