Bonners Ferry herald. [volume] (Bonners Ferry, Idaho) 1904-current, 1916-03-17
OF VERDUN
STILL BEING FOUGHT
CANNONS ROAR ALONG VAST
FRONTS-OTHER FIGHTING
STOPS FOR MOMENT.
GERMANS MAKE BIG CLAIMS
Report Capture of 1ss Guns, 232 Ma
chine Guns, 232 Machine Guns, &c.
472 Frenchmen-Russian Elk
tens Their Gains.

London, March 12-Except for ar
tillery action the fighting in the Yer
dun region virtually has ceased for the
moment. To the north and east of the
fortress there has been no infantry en-
gagement since Saturday afternoon,
when the Germans succeeded in reach
ing a small French trench to the north
of Elk.
the northwest of Verdun along the
entire front around to the southeast of
the fortress, the artillery on both sides
has continued the tremendous Smelling
that has been in progress for days.
Claim 26,472 French Prisoners.
The Germans claim to have captured
in the fighting around Verdun thus far
26,472 unwounded French officers and
men and 1S9 guns and 292 machine
guns.
To the south of the Somme river in
the Argonne forest and in the Ban
de-Sapt sector of the Vosges the
French guns have heavily bombarded
German entertainments.
The Russians have captured trenches
from the Germans in the Dneister re-
gion of east Galicia and have made
further progress against the Turks in
Persia by taking the town of Kirind.
The Russians admit the sinking of
Russian torpedo boat destroyer by a
submarine of the central powers in the
Black sea off the Bulgarian port Of
Varna Part of the crew of the de-
stroyer was rescued.
Rain of italian Shells.
Despite the unfavorable weather
conditions in the mountains the Ital-
ians are continuing their operations
against the Austro-Hungarians. They
also are intensely bombarding the Ison-
20 front. The town Of Gorilla has
had to sustain another hail of Italian
shells.
A German aeroplane was sighted APP
preaching north Foreland about noon
today. 1t was pursued by British
aeroplanes from Dover and flew sea-
ward.
Rumania With Entente.
An agreement has been reached be-
tween Rumania and Russia which is
believed to indicate the definite de-
cision of Rumania to adhere to the
cause of the entente allies, according
to a Bucharest dispatch to the Elk
Lob TaIa ho
ment permits Rumania to purchase
war materials in Russia and to trans
port through Russia war materials
purchased elsewhere.
1t is reported that Russia has agreed
further to give Rumania part of Bes
: arabia.
Teutons Keep Hammering.
London, March 15.-Switching theil
' activity from the east to the northwest
of Verdun, the Germans again are
hammering at the salient of lie Mortt
Homme and the region of the Bots
, Bourius, in an endeavor to bring theil
line farther south on the western flanl
= of the fortress.
l. ~ IhS SdSt VI tuc McuSS anu III lht
= Woevre district there has been a no
v ticeable letup in the bombardments OF
/ both sides. The infantry everywhere
on the Verdun front has been inactive
!. In line with the bombardment of L,
\ Morte Homme and the Bots Bouriui
= the Germans are assembling men il
q the region between FORCES and tn,
Bots des Corbeaux, probably with tn,
intention Of throwing them into tn,
6 fray should the intense bombardmen
meet with success. The French artil
r lerists, however, have had this as
sembling point under the fire of thei
, guns.