The Brunswick news. [volume] (Brunswick, Ga.) 1906-2016, 1916-03-04
ATTACK MADE
BY GERMANS IS
UNSUCCESSFUL
RENEWED ASSAULTS AT VER-
DUN ARE REPULSED BY THE
FRENCH, EXCEPT ON WEST
OF FORT DOUAUMONT.

LONDON, March 2.-The violent
German offensive on Verdun has been
resumed, the fighting taking on an ex-
tremely desperate character north of
the French stronghold.
The Paris war office claims that
the French repulsed all the German
attacks except that west of Fort
Douaumont, the Germans succeeding
in reaching the village of Douau-
mont, where the struggle is being
continued
The renewal of the German at
tacks north and east has failed to
shake the new French lines, while
the Germans are holding as tena-
.ciously to their advanced positions in
the face of such counter attacks as
the French have launched.
The halt in the determined German
offensive directed at the stronghold
has been attributed by many OBJ
servers to the difficulties of the rain
interfering with the movement of
heavy artillery, by the concentrated
fire of which the crown princes arm
les blasted their way through the
outer defenses.
Apparently the Germans have been
able to bring up some at least, of
their larger pieces, for the French
war office has reported a consider.
able increase in the intensity of the
fire along the whole front at Verdun
both to the north and northwest, and
in the Woevre region to the east and
southeast.
The drives from these two sides
now renewed are held to indicate the
familiar German plan of rolling ur
the flanks of a position, or using the
tclaW-hammer jaws of the military
machine to get at the kernel of the
nut.
Significance may be attached In
this connection to development of a
heavy bombardment of the French
positions on La Mort Homme (the
dead NAM This hill lies mile and
a half west of the mend In the Meuse
to the northwest of Verdun, from
which it is eight miles distant.
Possible development Of some Ger
man movement in the Argonne still
farther to the northwest of the fort
ress, is indicated by the Paris report
that the French have directed a con
centrated fire on hostile positions
there. Observers eyes also still are
on the Champagne region, beyond
the Argonne, where the Germans re-
Gently made gains toward the south
and where serious break in the
French lines would have material
influence upon the situation at Yer
dun by interfering with lines of com
munication In the west.
German military writer's are laying
stress on the large amount of terri
tory wrested from the French in the
first week of the advance on Verdun,
pointing to the advantage which the
reduction of the defensive front of
the fortress gives the Germans for
their concentric artillery fire.
The activity of the British along
the front in Belgium has begun to at
tract increased attention with the
delivery Of the thrust which yester-
day won back for them the 800 yards
of trenches they lost last month
along the Ypres Confines canal. From
various sources have come accounts
of heavy artillery play along the
User front. Whether these reports
arose merely from the preparatory
fire for the local attack of yesterday
or IL still greater effort by the Brit
ish is in course OF development is not
yet apparent. Comparative inactiv-
ity prevails on the other war fronts.
From Bombay comes report that
the Portuguese have hoisted their
flag on all the German steamers at
Mormugao, the Germans on board
being interned at Panjim, capital of
the Portuguese colony OF Goa in
india