Grand Forks daily herald., 1916-05-08
ENDEAvOR TO
CRUSH FRENCH
At TWO POINTS
After ~ Days Of Fighting,
Teutonic Forces Begin
Violent Ofense.
ALMOST AS GREAT
AS FIRST DRIVE
Principal Effort is Directed
Against Dead Mans
Hill.

Paris. May 8.-After n
days of battle, the Germans
are making a new attack be-
fore Verdun with another
formidable army.
Fighting almost equal ir
violence to that of the be-
ginning of March is in pro-
gress on both banks of the
Meuse, the principal effort
of the Germans being direct.
ed against Dead Mans Hill
Following the Napoleonie
policy of attempting to turn,
what cannot be carried by
frontal attacks, the Z Germans
with a whole army corps
made an assault by way of q
ravine between Hill 3O4 andd
Dead Mans Hill, seeking to
crush in the French line
along the front Of one and
one-half miles.
East of the Meuse, the
Germans delivered four at
tacks on a front of 1900
yards, each advance being
made by a different Prus-
sian regiment.
Fighting there is as fierce
as on the other side of the
river, and as inconclusive.
GERMANS LOSE HEAVILY.
PariA May s.-FYghting Of great
violence continued last night and
this morning I'm the Verdun front.
304 were broken by the French, the
war Office announced. Losses Of
tho Germans are described as e1.
tremely heavy.
Tho French attacked Hll SO4 and
drove the Germans from cOmmuni.
cation trenches which they pene-
treted Yesterday:
night engagements, the Germans
Of Handremont which they had pre-
vi0usly oocslDaod and Q number OF
n1en, including two omceR1 Weee
captured.
Hill IN Neutral Zone.
Paris. May 8.-The northern slope
Of Fiji 30l. around which has ragged
the dercest lighting in the Verdur
region. has become . sort Of neutra,
sone, according to q statement giver
out last night. The Germans are in.
stalled a& the foot Of the hill while
the French maintain their grip or
the summit. The trenches held by the
French In tho intervening territor,
were made untenable by the artiller3
and suffocating gas used by the Ger.
mans. but their occupation by the
prevented by French artillery fire.
Germans Gain Ground.
Paris. May Sin fierce attacks on
both banks Of the Mouse yesterday the
German forces gained ground from
the French. They entered the
French communicating trenches cas-.
Of Hill 304 and gained footing in
tho hrst French line between ,Haudre-
mont wood ana Fort. Douamont over
IN o8tent Of nearly third Of 4 mile
The ofacaAl communication Of the
french war ONCE folloWu:
ION the left bank Of the Mouse q
bombardmont Of extreme violsnce
which lasted without cessation for two
days In the region Of Hill 304, was
followed to-day BY powerful Ger
man attack delivered against our
front between Hill 30l ana I.e Mort
Homlne. Tho enemy, after repeated
efforts, penetrated the background
passage ways east Of Hill 800. Every
where elao he was repulsed with sori-
ous 1usoog inflicted by our machine
EunS and batteries.
ION tho right bank, after intsuse
artillery preparation, the Germans de-
ltvored several successive attacks
agatnst our trenches between HAudre-
mont wood and Fort Douaumont. In
the western part Of the front tha
e1emy a4taok alined . footing In our
nsvt hne. To the center and to the
east nj attacks were broken.
n the Noovro thsre was efoa& a.
i ,,x111efy activity In the sectors at the
9eek % The .Nsuse hills &
There Wa no event Of impoftance
On the rest Of the front"
The Relsian oflciAl communication
Ia astillssy action Of feeble in-
tsn11tv4oecvrTed IN the ssotor ~ Dix-
NUDE Mhoe0 .our guns bon1bafdOd
4ayU61t tR tAo Hand1aSMe canal 1ysssg. M.
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