Pine Bluff daily graphic., 1916-04-12
French on Dead Man Hill \ Ear Further Advance
 Toward Verdun.
ATTACKS COSTING
 GERMANS HEAVILY
With Exception of Yard Stretch, French Line Intact from Neuse to t'ecoUrt, Despite Repeated As-
 sauits Wst Fire and Chemicals.

Paris, April 1.-The amazing bat tie on the left bank of the Mouse con- tinues unabated
 'flle heroic French resistance is still unbrohen and the German attempts on Dead Man hill and hill No. BOA are now almost desperate in their vio- lence.
 The infantry fighting has also spread to the opposite bank of the river and French and Germans are locked in a titanic struggle between DoHaumont and VauX.
 Late this afternoon. the Germans succeeded, at great cost, in gaining foot in one of the French advance trenches. They were immediately ejected however. by counter attack, leaving more than 100 prisoners in the hands of the French.
 Ii is in the Dead Man region. how ever, that the greatest struggle of the Nerdun campaign is in progress. To- ward the end Of the day the infantry fer, the moment gave way to the ar tllery and terrific bombardinent Cf the French positions is now in prog iesE apparently in preparation for an other attack.
 With the exception of one small section of approximately 300 yards, the French line from the Mouse to AvO- court remains unbrohen, despite the utmost efforts of four German divi- sions. S0000 men. The Germans made this advance by the aid of tremend- ous artillery fire, and hundreds of jets of flaming liquid, which burned and suffocated the defenders. The Ger mans, behind cover of the blazing streams of chemicals, advanced from the southern fringe of CourbeauX woods. They were able to V in foot hold in some trenches on the extreme eastern section of the Dead Man po- sitiCn.
 Tear-Producing Shells.
 The Germans again called their chemicals into play in the Douaumont hehting. a tornado of tear producing shells being directed against the French. Here their gain was only momentary.
 The fighting around Dead Man is the transcendant effort Of the Ger mans on this front. From every avail :, able side, west, north and east fran tic efforts with large forces, lnciud- ing the best troops of the German army, are being obstinately made to capture, either by frontal or by flank movements, both of these hills. The defenders are still holding out with great stubbornness. The nearest point to either height which the Ger mans have reached is hill Mo- 265 but this crest is ediately at the foot of Dead Man hilll which is 100 feet higher, and where the French forces with unconquera ble resistance bar the 1 way.
 French Husband Forces.
 The extraordinary doggedness with l which the defenders with stand all at tacks is the amaZement of the attack ing forces. The French commander Is able to pursue steadily his plan. which is, while holding his ground and yield ing only inch by inch when absolute ly necessary, at the same time nus banding his strength and men to the utmost to keep as powerful reserves as possible fresh for later operations.
 Meanwhile, the Germans are throw, ing their best forces into the fight, re- gardless of cost By now they have brought up something like B divl- sions, 6600G0 men,
 The fighting before Verdun, which on the opening day of the latest ana greatest offensive, Sunday. was lnltlat- cd over a front of 13 miles, has now developed into terrific clash on two bloody miles. The object is the now famous Dead Man hill, which bars the way of the Germans to further ad- vance west of the Mouse. The Ger mans hold trenches at the foot of the hill in this region, while the French ore in possession of the slope ana summit