Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1916-05-22
PARIS REPORTS A CHECK :
TO PROGRESS OF ENEMY
Crown Prince Said to Have Failed in
Effort to Recapture Haudro-
mont Quarry. !.
HUGE LOSSES ARE SUFFERED
Teutons Cling Tenaciously to Cap
tured Trenches and Press De-
terminedly on for Fur
ther Advantage.

LONDON, May 22.-Fighting
of the most intense character is
in progress in the Dead Man hill
region northwest of Verdun,
where the Germans are desper-
ately battling to break down the
French defense and gain undis-
puted possession of this COM
manding eminence and the other
key position to the Verun fort
ress-Hill 3o4.
This afternoon Paris bulletin
records the repulse of renewed at
tacks by the crown princes troops
west of Dead Man hill, where the
German lines were advanced Sat-
urday night as the result of fun
Gus assaults.
Paris also claims the capture
during last night of several block
houses that were held by the Ger
mans in the Avocourt wood,
southwest of Hill 3o4, and the
beating off of German attempts
to recapture the Haudromont
quarry, east of the Meuse, near
Douaumont, which the French
took yesterday.
Advantage for French Claimed.
PARIS. May 20. 1918 p.m.-French
grenadiers occupied several block
houses in Avocourt wood. on the Ver-
dun front, in the course of severe fight
ing last night.
The struggle was of Dead Man hill
was terrific. The war office statement
of this afternoon says that the attacks
of German infantry were repulsed.
East of the Meuse infantry fighting
occurred at the Haudromont quarries.
captured yesterday by the French. The
Germans attacked these positions, and.
the statement asserts, were repulsed
with heavy loss.
Official French Statement.
The statement follows:
South of Berry-au-Bac French forces
exploded two mines with success at
Hill 10S.
IN the Champagne district a gas
attack by the Germans was without re-
suit. This emission of gas was in the
zone between the road from Souain to
and the road from Sainte
Hilaire 20 Sainte Souplet. No sooner
had the cloud of gas started than an
turn in the direction of tho
wind drove it back upon the trenches
of the enemy.
"On the left bank of the River Meuse
In the wood of Avocourt our gren-
adiers secured some advantages and
occupied several blockhouses evacuated
by the enemy.
I'm the region west of Dead Man
hill the fighting has been particularly
ferocious. Several tentative attacks
made by the enemy to further their
progress have been checked by our
curtains of fire and by the activity Of
our machine guns: A vigorous attack
recapture a portion of the ground lost
during the night Of May 20-2l.
Checked by Curtain Of Fire.
"on the right bank of the Meuse the
Germans have delivered repeated coun-
ter attacks upon the positions at the
quarry captured by the
French yesterday. Each of these adj
vance movements was checked by our
curtain TO fire and cost the Germans
heavy losses. In the outskirts of the
village of vaux a small operation exc
cuted this morning put US in possession
of a German trench. At Eparges sew
eral German mines have been exploded,
but without causing damage to the
"In the region of verdun French
ayiators have attacked a number OF
captive German balloons. Six of these
balloons were sent down on fre. In an
brought down a German aeroplane. In
the vicinity of Eparges two other air
ma chimes of the enemy attacked by
French aeroplanes were brought to
EARTH one behind the enemy lines at a
point near Liancourt and the other be.
hind our lines at Fontenoy.
.This morning aeroplanes of the en-.
emy threw down bombs on Dunkirk.
"On the nights of May 90, 81 and %
several operations were conducted by
groups Of French aviators Shells were
successfully thrown down upon the
railroad stations at -Sablons.
Ayricourt and Roye; upon munitions de-
pots at Biaches and Chapelotte; on
bivouacs in the vicinity Of Azannes.
and on the village of Jimietz. where
there had been installed the headquar-
ters of the commandant of an impor-
ant division. Furthermore. two of our
ffrigibles have rained down bombs on
the railroad stations and the railroad
ines at Brieulles and Dun"
Battle Enters Fourth Month.
The battle Of verdun. the ion&est and
most bittsrly contested t0yiduAl