The evening herald. [volume] (Albuquerque, New Mexico) 1914-1922, 1916-03-02
Scale of Attack, However, Is
Smaller Than at First and
Assault Is Not Pressed SO
Forcibly.
FRENCH MAKE VAIN
DRIVE AT DOUAMONT
Ninety Thousand Teutons Con.
centrated to North of Great
Stronghold for Launching
at Breastworks.

The German offensive ~ Nordun
has been resumed after briof hait
bat apparently not on the scale or
with the forcc exertod during the
early days nf the drive.
The offensive was rcupcned on the
plain of the Wocvrc. east of Ncrdun
The Germans made a drive on the
French at Fr"sucs, aud succeeded IN
penetratinr The French positions at
some points PARIS. however. declares
that they Wer, promptly ri,,trd.
The French themselves tool, the Of
fensivo az Douaumonl tom miles
northeast oi Nordun Berlin an
nounces that the attaoka w'ic put-
less
West of the Mcusc rive. the Ger
mans are showing srns ot renewed
activity, violently bomi nrdiug French
positions between M"laucouit and
Furgcs.
Reports of the capture of German
sea raider. either the AUXILIARY cruiser
M"cwo or the cruiser Room cam" 10
hand today from South American
sources. The capture is said to have
been effected hy british cruiscrs.
which took their prize to Trinidad
on the Venezuelan coast Il wa. o.
crew from the Moowc that brought
IN" British steamer Appan a prize
into Newport News.
Aner o iuil Ia infantry operations
IN the vicinity Of Nordun since the
| early part ui the week there has been
a resumption OF Ia. German offensive
IN IN. Woovre region. \ vioicnt hom-
hHrdncnt Waa followed py u spirited
attack pi the French at Fr'sncs ten
miles southeast of Ncrdun. t'iris re-
ports Ia, driving out Of tn, Germans
from the lew positionn which they
'ucocede! IN penetrating
Tho new attack giVci color to what
seems To oo the prevailing military
opinion IN Paris that the German Of
icnsvc AT Ncrdun had mcrolF halted.
II also calls particular attortion to
the WocNIc region. wherc the leu
tons have advanced along u VIC south
cf Fort Douaumout well t. tnr ..tse oi
tn" M"use heights as Tar as Nonprcs,
| twelve miles southeast of N'gdun
| Dispatches from both Berlin and
| Paris point Ia the difncmjles of n
| further advance IN th's rcgi ~. IN.
| French positions, Paris points out
| stretch along the heights, from which
! the ground drops abruptly 10 IN,
Wocyre plain. with It's mois, ciay soil
acros which the transport % the hsaV'
/ lest oi the German artillery on ground
| away from the high roads II held {,
b. almost impossible, whil' the at
| lacking troops would have 10 dcplo,
| in the open under the tire of th'
| French guns on the heights.
Berlin commentators. however, ad
| vance the view that the T-ut1us have
previously shown shat similar disad
| Vnntascous conditions could be sue
cessfully met.
From Dutch sources come report
that the German drive u IT, he re-
sumed from the northeast $4,000 mer
having been concentrated near Buyy
| behind Fort NnuN, which ~ said 4
have been destroyed Ly n" Germa'
| heavy mortars
Estimates of the German losses II
The offensive are running high IN en-
iento quarters. one from Paris placinl
them at between t2j. 900 aud i3O. .OU0
All accounts from German sources
however declared that the easueltie
G; the attacking armies were surpri.
| ngly small.
The Russian steamer Alcxande
| WcntlcL of 2s3S tons, is roportet
sunk eighteen of her crew havins
been drowned The Italian steamer
Elisa and three British tishins smack
ALSO are reported sunk