Bisbee daily review., 1916-04-02
WAR SUMMARY
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An attempt by the Germans to fol- low up their success in obtaining 9
 foothold in the village of Vaux by an i infantry attack between Vaux and Ft. Douamont has failed. Preparations 1 for the attack were made by a violent
 artillery bombardment. The fierce curtain of fire stopped the infantry as- sault, Paris says.
 French positions between Avocourt and Malacourt, continue to be SUD- jected to intense bombardment from German guns. Seemingly the situa- ton in Holland with reference to the war is approaching crisis. Notwith- standing denials that the Dutch gov ernment has withdrawn the furlough of soldiers and had requisitioned trains an unofficial report from the Hague states that the ministers of state have held an extraordinary council. A lead ing Dutch newspaper declares that the anxiety in Holland is not due to the Tutanitia affair, but to some positive action growing out of the recent Paris conference of the Entente allies.
 Seventeen unwounded and several wounded prisoners were taken by a British patrol ship from the Zeppelin LIS which was hit by shell fire in a raid on England and fell in Thames estuary. The survivors said that a junior officer had been left on the air ship to blow her tip if necessary. The Zeppelin sank while lowed to port af- ter the crew was rescued.
 The Germans are gradually closing
 in on Verdun drawing their lines a lit tie closer northeast of the Fortress, where, by massed attacks from two di- rections. they have secured a footing in the village of Vaux.
 Their attempt to penetrate tho French lines was preceded. according to Paris, by an assault which was checked by the French curtain of fire and the infantry, and there was spirit ed fighting at close range before the Crown Princes forces finally succeed ed in pressing part way into the will age.
 The German infantry has not moved it's trenches west of the Mouse since the capture of Malancourt, followed shortly by the successful drive to tho French positions northeast of Hill No. 295 in the region of Dead Mans Hill. ! The artillery, however. continues act i've in the Malancourt region, and fur tEer attempts by the Germans to con tinue their drive on the French len flank are considered probable to occur without much delay.
 The German official statement refers only incidentally to the fighting about Verdun. mentioning only artillery du- els there and in the Argonne with oth- . CT activities by the big guns on the Aisne from; and further north on the line A British hand grenade attack near St. Eloi where the Germans re- gently lost some ground, was repulsed. l
 The aviators of both sides on thd Franco-Belgian front have been busy. -Four French machines fell victims to German battle aircraft in various en- Sagements.
 After a period of bad weather. fight ing has been resumed on the Austro- Italian front For the most part. how ever. the activities are confined to ar tillery engagements, and such infantry clashes as have occurred have not re- suited in changes of position.
 Berlin summarizes the recent Rus | sian offensive, now apparently at a sjandstill, as barren of results for Emperor Nicholas forces, while the Russian casualties are estimated by he German headquarters staff to have been at least 10000. More than 800. | coo men were engaged on the Russian side. according to Berlin and the eX- ! penditure of ammunition by the at | tacking force was declared to have been on an unprecedented scale for the eastern front.
 ,The air raids of Friday night over | the English east counties were appar- ! ently on the most extensive scale yet | attempted by the German Zeppelin | fleet. They resulted. according 10 the | cGicial British reports in the killing . of 29 persons and injury of A. while ulcfficially it is declared that the air { ships flew at such a height that they | were unable to select their targets with accuracy and many of the bombs | dropped appeared to have been cast of indiscriminately. The salient feat ure of the raid was the falling of damaged Zeppelin, the L-l5, in the