The Bennington evening banner. (Bennington, Vt.) 19??-1961, 1916-04-04
Bitter Contest For the verdun For
treSS Continues
LOSSES OF BOTS ARE HEAVY
German Gains Are So Slow and Costl,
That the Effect is To Encourage
French.

LOnuOn, April 4.-tlgntlnS c0ntlnu-
ed all night in the Verdun region east
of the Meuse, between Douaumont and
Vaux. The issue turned generally
the war office announcement in Paris
of yesterday afternoon says, in favor
of the French, who gained ground in
the northern part of Caillette wood,
which was occupied by the Germans
Sunday. West of the river a lombard
ment was carried on near Haumont,
without effect.
A dispatch from Paris at a. m.
says that new phase of the battle
of Verdun has begun and the belize
prevails that the violence of the
latest attacks foreshadaws another at
tempt by the Germans to rush the
fortress with vast forces. New bat
teries of large caliber have been
moved up closer to the French front
and the German infantry has been
rested and reorganized. Sundays
fighting, on the whole, was not un
favorable to the French, it is au
thoritatively stated. The object OF
the Germans was to clear the ap
proaches to Fort Douaumont and Is.
600 men were thrown forward on the
1-2 mile line between Douaumont
fort and the village of Vaux. The at.
tacking force succeeded in crossing a
little ravine which hitherto had
stopped them. and in entering the
Caillette wood.
Tho total ractlt of tha var., 90,
midable effort they had put forth was
a gain for the Germans OF about SOC
yards of terrain, more than offset II
is affirmed, by the very heavy losses
they had endured. On the west of the
river the Germans attacked the Ayo
court blockhouse in a no less deter.
mined manner, but again met with
complete failure, the observers de
clare.
London, Tuesday, April 4-Ten per.
sons were killed and eleven injured in
Scotland in Sunday nights Zeppelin
raid, 1t is officially announced. There
were no casualties in England
The official statement, issued Mon
day afternoon, says;
1T appears that altogether six Yep
pelins took part in the raids of last
night. Three raided southeast count
les of Scotland, one the northeas
coast of England and the remaininl
two eastern counties Of England.
THE vessels which raided Scotland
crossed the coast at p. M, 9.45 p. m.
and 10.15 p. m, respectively, ant
cruised over southeastern counties O
Scotland until about 10 a. M Thei
course gave no indication of any spec
ial locality for attack but thirty-six eS
plosive and seventeen incendiar,
bombs were dropped on variou
places, damaging some hotels an,
dwelling houses. Following are tn
casualties which are reported at pres
ent In Scotland:
Killed, men, no women, chi
dren. Total, 10.
Injured, men, women, and
children. Total, IL
"One vessel visited the northeas
coast and dropped twenty-five explC
sive and fifteen incendary bomb.
The two remaining ships crossed tn
English coast about 1915 p. m. an
cruised over eastern counties unit
about l a. m. They were both engas
ed at various times by anti.aircraft al
tillery. and appear to have been pr,
vented by this means from selectin
any definite locality as their obje,
tive. Thirty-three explosive and sixt
five incendiary bombs were droppe
by these two vessels.
"As far as has been ascertained, Il
casualties were caused in England"