The Jasper weekly courier. [volume] (Jasper, Ind.) 1858-1922, 1916-03-24
GERMANS TAKE TOWN
FRENCH ARE BUSTED FROM VII
LACE OF OoUAUmoNT BY
TEUTONS.
SECOND FRENCH FORT RAzED?
Amsterdam Dispatch Says That Vaus
Has Been Destroyed by Teutons-
kaiser's Forces Renew Attacks
North of Verdun.

London, March 4.-The new German
drive upon Verdun in the region OF
Douaumont and Vaux, northeast of the
city. has again been checked by the
French after the loss of the village OF
Douaumont and 1000 men to the Ger
mans
The new offensive is still continuing,
though the advance is temporarily
halted, and is assuming the nature of
a double drive in the Douaumont sec
tor ard against the heights facing the
Woevre plain, where the great German
guns are battering the French de-
lenses with terrific violence.
French Forces Rally.
The night communiQue from Paris
declares that the French have re-
gained part OF the territory lost at
Douaumont. This advance was Off
cially announced by Berlin and admit
ted by Paris. but the midnight COM
munique declares the French now hold
part of the high knoll on which the
village of Douaumont is located.
British Make Gains.
London, March 3.-The British off,
cial statement issued here on the fight
ing in the western zone says:
I'VE recaptured the trenches at the
bluff of the Ypres-Comines canal,
which we lost February Ia, and also
ca ptured a small salient In the German
line"
The capture of 500 yards of British
positions southeast of Ypres. after
heavy artillery bombardments. was
claimed in the German official state
ment of February Is. which added that
a majority of the defenders of the
British trenches were killed.
The French war office reported the
repulse of a German attack against
Fresnes in the afternoon. casting dis
credit on an official report from Berlin
that Fresnes has been captured by the
Teutons.
Reports Fort Vaux Raced.
An Amsterdam dispatch to the Cen
trail News says that Fort Vaux. five
miles northeast of Verdun, has been
destroyed by heavy mortars. accord
ing to unconfirmed German reports.
but that the Germans cannot approach
the fort, as the French have brought
heavy artillery to bear on the ap-
prOaches.
1t is added that a German battery
has been destroyed by French shells
and that the Germans have concen-
trated 10000 men near Buzy. who ar,
to resume the offensive with re-en-
forcements from the Argonne. Buzy
is about sixteen miles east of Verdun.
RepuIse New German Blows.
Paris. March 3-German attacks of
great violence. both artillery and in
fantry have been resumed north OF
Verdun. The official statement issued
by the French war office at night says
furious infantry assaults have been
repulsed by the French troops.
whose fire decimated the ranks of
the enemy"
The exact figures of the French
losses at Verdun have been given to
the committee of military affairs OF
the chamber of deputies by Colonel
Boucabeille. chief secretary to Gen
eral Gallieni. minister of war. Ii is
stated that they were not high.
30 Square Miles Captured.
Berlin (via wireless). March 3
That Germany in her Verdun drive had
taken 10 square kilometers (approxi-
mately forty square miles) of posi-
tons held by the French. or more than
four times as much as the French
gained in the entire Champagne Of
fensive last fall. was stated in CORE
spondents summary from the west
front. officially made public here on
Thursday.
The official statement adds that
these gains were made with tactics
which evaded the possibility of great
human losses" and that by "collabo-
ration of all arms and an advance con-
sisting of series of human tidal
waves" all the gains were obtained
with losses which were comparative