The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1916-03-11
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LONDON. MdTCn 1l.-Ine ldTlS c"TTe-
spondcrt OF the patty MAJ. telcgraphing
undet fridays date. says:
net SINCE the battle of N.ruul began
have the German losses been so terrible
as In Yesterdays fighting. Whole bril-
gadcs which went into action against
Douaunon;. vaux village and Vdix fort
were practically wiped out ~ existence
and most OF the herman units engaged
Lost two-thirds OF their strength.
They umc cd heavily. ~ always. In
lighting the French infantf lyman. mar
veilpus VITA ~" oayouct, and the
I,uates. Turcos md ~Senegales". who fig
ufed prominently in yesterday ENGAGE
mcnt. like demons let oose. as they
drove their %bayonets home with an over
arm plunging stroke. Unlike British and
French infantrymen. who usually thrust
upwards. the French African troops raise
their rifles above their heads. and with
the whole weight ~ the body bring II
dow with a thrust which sends the
bayonet trough the opponent.
The Germans suffered even more
cruelty from the French artillery and
machine guns.
Dead lite In UeaVs.
"On Wednesday the Germans gained
a footing for less than AN hour In the
streets OF Naux, but they could not with
stand the c~yclonic rush with which the
French counter attacked. and wh,S the
latter PAUSED for breath the German
dead and dying lay IN heaps where they
had fallen. Another fruitless GERMAN
attack WAS led against the trenches I'M
ing I'M SOC. on which Naux fort stands
.-s ,..4tH ..s.,s l.-s
success, for they never reached Ia.
trenches. but were mown down almost
10 a man. suffering what the French
communiuut IN sober terms Describes as
enormous losses. Yet at the
when Gen. Won Gurs;Sky 'orni'zs troops
we're swep, by whole companies at a
tim. into eternity the ki!s"r's press
bureau was announcing to the world ;hat
they had captured Fort Naux and the
village"
To-day the position is az follows:
Yves, of the Neuse ali the German
attacks ON Be,hincour' and Goose I'M
,the cote de lbie) have been r~ci"l'eu
al appalling cost to the enemy. IN
Grows wood ,tl,c Bois des 'urhcaux).
IN. French advanced still further and
consolidated thei- gains. To IN. east
of the Meuse the French line * unbroken
In spite 81 furious German assaults by
five divisions Of frussians.
The pomtardment Of these front>
continues with dcafcning Intensity on
both sides.
"On the Wo-yre front. the artillery
IRE seems "a be ~slackenlng"
Tn. correspondent sends the narrative
OF "a stan lieutenant wounded At Nsrdun.
now In hospital. Of what ne Jaw ~ tn.
battle from February . until the mo-
p,opt v,h.n tho Irefsh r,fDuN the FORT
%: i~,ouaumont.
1.-Two DAYS before the battle began"
the Lieutenant said. "we had A for.tastc
Of SIS quality when the German artillery
WAS concentrated with deadly accuracy
on every point OF our lines which might
serve as an observation post. We round
amusement In betting on the number Of
shots the enemy would Are bef"r. smash
ing such and such "A point. bne by one
". watched the cu,,olas abandoned ana
tn. forts crumplr into dust. W" dti not
attempt to answer. - We dld not "ish
To- iisclos. the emplacrin'nt "f our guns.
GERMAN s'outin. patrols ON Feb
ruary 20 tried 70 discover N" positions
Of our trench artillery. None of mem
ever returned 90 r~ommuu'c.ii" iatoFfna-
ton. our sinners knew their business.
referring to the main attack which
lep4n on February 81. the lieutenant "S-
t.mateI shat tn. enemy strength was
800. 900 men.
The iir., point carried was beau
mont" he said. cur men We're out
numbered more than ten to one. nut
fought with courage. So" Countless
deeds of h-rpism. Dnr of these is par
'icularly prominent In my memory, G"s-
man shells had wreCk.l the telephone
post where | was stationed. "A huge piece
OF a SIX non shell laying open III. face
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