Pine Bluff daily graphic., 1916-03-03
French Claim TeutOns Re pulsed, Germans Claim
 More Advances.
ENGLISH SOLDIERS
 TAKE MOVE FORWARD
Efforts of BritOns Believed to Be In- tended to Force Germans to Reduce Pressure Against Verdum, by De-
 lending Lines Elsewhere.

l London, March 2.-After temror- ary lull, during which they brought their giant guns closer to tine battle line. the Germans have launched vio- lent new attacks on wide front north and northwest of Verdun.
 These attacks, which were preceded by tornado of shell fire. were di- 1 rected especially in the region of Fort Douaumont. The French midnight
 official statement reports that the German attacks were repulsed and
 the Teuton lines "decimafed' by the
 French fire.
 Meanwhile, apparently in an effort to tighten the pressure against the
 French by necessitating the diversion
 of large forces the British nave struck | sudden and powerful blow against
 the Germans in the Ypres sector. | Southeast of the shell-ridden town of Ypres, an offensive by the British
 this morning resulted iE the capture
 of 800 yards of trenches taiec by the Germans in their try-Out Of the west
 ern front in February.
 l These trenches are located between the YpIcS.OOulIlCb C0AuA "AN tAAS ] Ypres Confines railroad. Pressing their gains, the British drove in
 small salient in the original German
 line, according to the report reoeiv-
 ed from British headquarters Tn
 France tonight. ] The attacks northeast nf Verdun are believed to have two objects. At last reports, large Teuton force was penned within the Wrecked 'etnplAcesi
 ments of Fort Douanmont. It is to- relieve these heroic 'BraEdcnsur4ers. as well as to throw men forward into i Fort Baux, two miles to the south
 east, that the German attacks are pe- Z, /
 i 'iunofficiai reports todav state that
 Fort Baux has been aba'ladonec oy' the French, who were unable 10 ss,s.5 tain the 'tremendous' weight of lead l and steel being hurled into tiie' tde-
 lenses Dhy the Germans. The strong barrier of fire, however, rtvents the ! Germans from occupying tho l*orksa slFort, Badx is the chief detenses of Verduh from the northeast. Tt IS ifi1- ImkdfAtely south of the village tof
 Paux9 against which violent assaults
 have been repeatedly launched by she Germans. In the eleven days Of fiGating the ETentons have won 457s square miles sof territory. They have driven ' the French from their field notifications north of Verdun and have clearetl- the entire plain of the Woev-e. 'hurling the defenders back to the forest one the chain of crests known as the heights of the Mouse. These forts now are under bombardmerlt. not only from the 12 and 17 inch German howitzers, but also from :.',e famous 42 cettimetre guns, which ave mount ed as far as IS miles back of the bat tie front. according to dispatches from Berlin. A shot from nne Is enough to reduce the most modern fort to ruins.
 French military experts express confidence that the French positions are impregnable. Before advancing to storm the forts, the Germans would have to clear the slopes under a hurricane of fire. The slopes have
 been fortified with line after fine of trenches and entAnglements. Great areas have been mined and tunnclcd. and by the pressure of 2 buttsll coulA be blown to pieces.
 Berlin dispatches Insist the Gcrnian
 losses have not been severe. French estimates set them at from 120.vO0 10 150,000.
 The Berlin reports, however. state that the German campaign plans have been directed especially to eysd'ng the possibility of great human losses All arms of the service have chilao-
 orated. with the result that the entire advance has been marked by tidal
 waves and surges of men, only after
 the artillery had effectively silenced
 the French batteries. for the moment , at least.
 Cannonading Heavy.
 Berlin. March 2.-The cannOnading
 at yerdun was 80 heavy that it was
 heard at Marburg a distance of lSe
 miles. according to Q statement issued
 today by the Trans Ocean News bu-
 reau. The sound was loudest on i Tuesday and on the 26th of February, between and 5 p. n1.
 The cannonading was distinctly heard even indoors, with windows shut, at that time. No battle has
 ever before been heard 90 far away:
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