Highland recorder. (Monterey, Highland County, Va.) 1877-1972, 1916-03-24
CHECK GERMANS
EAST OF VERI|DljN
Five Attacks on VaGx Hurled
Back, SAYS Paris,
WERE or VIOLENT CHARACTER
French Announce New Drive on Dead
Mans Hill on Northwest Was Also
Saopped.

SaopPeu.
The German drive at Verdun de
fences has again shifted.
Strong infantry assaults were MAJ
by the crown princes army on til
lines east OF Verdun during the n:glt
five successive assaults il force n tx
Vaux region being repulsed by th'
French, Paris announces.
The German attacks were of th'
most violent character, but each WI!
broken up by the French curtain o
fire, Paris declares. Both the for
and the village Of Vaux were obJec
tives of the Germans, two attacks lie
ing made on each, while fifth wa:
delivered in an effort by the German:
to debauch from protected roat
southeast of Vaux village.
The heavy fighting in the past few
days has been to the northwest of tht
fortress, and only Thursday nigh
Paris reported massed attacks by the
Germans, who drove at the French po
sition at lie Mort Homme Dead Mans
HID, only to be forced back eastward
toward the Corbeaux (Crows) woods
suffering heavy losses. Although
bombardment has been continued II
this region, infantry attacks have no
been renewed.
The German official statement re
ports two attacks by the fren-h o.
"our positions on Deal Mans Height
Both OF these were unsuccessful, ii is
declared.
The text OF tae French Official com
munication reads:
"To the west of the Mouse the
bombardment diminished in the re
gion OF Eethincourt and Cumie es
After the bloody check to the at acf
of Thursday, the enemy has net re
sumed his movement on Mort Hom
me.
"To the east of the MeGse a recri
descescence OF the bomba ~dment WIS
followed Thursday night b. seT-e
OF very violent offensive actions, d.
villa re anl the fort of VaUX.
give successive attacks IN large
numbers were delivered by the Ger
mans n this region but without sue
cess. Two of them were agGin-t the
village of Vaux; two others agains;
the slopes leading up to the fort, 2n
the fifth was an effort to emerge from
d protected roadway to the souts
OF the village Of Vaux.
every one of these attacks was
broken by our curtains Of fire and the
fire OF our machine guns cost the
enemy heavily.
an the Woevre district there ia
nothing to report further than at
lery exchanges in all of the sectors tt
the west OF -Pcnt-a-Mcusson. A sur
prise attack against a salient cf The
enemy lires at the wood CT Mort Mare
made it possible for us to bring back
some prisoners and to intiict S m,
,cscas on the enemy"
Tie official statement issued by the
1ernan war Office in Berlin says:
"S:ix British mine explosions south
Ct I.oos were unsuccessful.
"In.. various sectors in the Cham.
a~ne AMI between the Me1se and TIE
iCseIle there have been sustained
-.rt..!ery duels.
IN the Meuse region (Verdun) the
enemy sent forward repeatedly a
fresh division $4,000 mem, which, as
cn the 27th, advanced Oh a ccmQcra'
tivc,y small! width Of front and was
noticed as soon as it appeared, against
orr positions on Dcai Mans HeiSh-.
The first attack was without arC.Ee y
preparation, in the nature OF 2ua
prise. 4 few companies succeeded IN
reaching cur lines where the few IN
wounded ,Cen rem..in.!g were TAX Il.
The second attack was stopped by
our curtain of fire"