Pine Bluff daily graphic. (Pine Bluff, Ark.) 1893-1942, 1916-03-10
Paris and Berlin Claims of
Success Yesterday Are
Contradictory.
TEUTONS ANNOUNCE
CAPTURE OF VAUX
French Reports Say Attacks from
Douaumont to Vaux Repulsed with
Tremendous Losses to Germans.
COrbeaux Woods Cleared.

S~NNO
tie before verdun has swept back to
the eastern bank of the Mouse, where
French and German are at grips in
the greatest slaughter of the war.
From this retort of death tonight,
rival claims of victory are received
Both French and German report fresh
glories for their armies.
The Berlin official statement says
that in furious night assault over
the shell-swept terrain, two Posen
reserve regiments under General Won
Gurepsky cornitZ carried the armor
ed fort of Vaux, the village of the
same name and numerous adjoining
positions, all of which were strongly
fortified.
Two French communicates report
ing the same fighting flatly contradict
this German claim The aftel noon
statement, which makes no mention
of the battle for Fort Vaux, asserts
that German troops who penetrated
the village were driven out immedi-
ately at the point of the bayonet. The
midnight statement, issued hours lat
er than the German report, says:
East of the Mouse the Germans
made numerous attacks on our front
from Douaumont to Vaux. At the exit
from the village of Douaumont their
attack was broken by our infantry
], and artillery fire. Furious assaults
against the village Of, Vaux, were
likewise repulsed with heavy LOSSES
to the enemy.
Finally, the Germans launched
against our trenches along the foot
of the ridge which is surmounted by
Fort Vaux violent attacks in solid for
nation, which were repulsed with
enormous losses to the enemy, inflict-
ed by our barrier fire."
Crisis at Hand.
It is pointed out that the French
statement has been IL hours behind
the Berlin report in following the de-
velopments of the Verdun fighting.
Both French and Germans agree that
the crisis is at hand in the great bat
tie Of Verdun, the most tremendous
Of the world war.
The struggle, which is entering its
18th day, is steadily increasing in
fury until, within the next 4S hours,
1t is expected to reach climax on
which the fate of the nations hang.
More than 100000 men have been
shattered in the 10 days of battle. the
German losses are estimated at l25,-
: 600. German critics place the French
Casualties at TX O00 tn 20 00O
The battle is being waged back ano
forth on front of about ten miles
intersected by the river, Mouse. Wnlle
the eyes of the world for the moment
are turned on the terrible struggle
east of the stream. fighting of ire
mendous violence is progressing or
the opposite side.
Here, during the day, French ane
Germans hunted each down In the
shell-swept remnants of the Corbeaua
woods Here. again their claims are
dlametrically opposite.
The French midnight statement
says:
West of the Mouse our troops con
unued to progress during the day II
ae bordeaux woods, nearly the whole
WHICH we now hold"
me Berlin war office report says
west of the Mouse we were occu
NJ clearing out the rest of thu
n troops remaining in the woods
o. Corbeaux."
me French statement is surprising
view of the previous nights com
.. N which said that at tina
saus e the Germans occupied only thu
sastefn extremity of the forest. N,
ed ".,ao - nav DScn opoi
IN this bank Of the river the Ger
ca an smell fire has literally swept tn
untry clear Of forest. Trees hav
cs en reduced to kindling and tn
S's TS OF hill has been blown away
fpr4 ae French report the repulse o
, ssur German attacks on the vii
Ms W. OF Rethincourt, west Of tn
muse i" while. Berlin claims that dur
- So me day three French aeroplane
c,ss snot down by German Anti-ai
as accommodating over verdun.