Highland recorder. (Monterey, Highland County, Va.) 1877-1972, 1916-03-31
GERMANS TAKE
NOR: TRENCHES
Announces Further Success
West Of Hauo0ITt
FRENCH SHELL POSITIONS
Artillery Guarding Railway Directs
Terrible Bom5erGment Against Ere
my-Joffre Tells Settlers Trey WIN
Win.

WIN.
French artillery directed t.rrib!e
OombarDment against tee Germ-n p)
siii0ns in the Na!uncourt wool.
The intention apparently i to Lr21G
up an Anticipated attempt OF he 2r
mans to Cc5ouch lr3m tnis ccv.r an
make further efforts to advance aouth
ward toward the main line, Paris-Eer
dun railway, some -four and hall
miles distant.
Berlin announces that Following ur
OUR successes of Wednesday, we &C
cupied another couple OF trerche:
west Of Haucourt. On this occasion
the number Of prisoners increased tC
tLirty-tWo officers and SI9 men," The
official reports continues:
The violence Of the artillery dues
increased considerably at times IN
the Champagne, on the Somm@-@y
Souain high road and in the Argcnne
and in the Mouse district as far as
the Mosei.e."
The French statement says:
"In the ArgOnne district our LAT
teries cannonaded with energy the
enemy positions in the woGd o! Malan
court. Near Hill No 80 we caCSa !
the expl~s o. rhine and o"cu.ie
the resulting crater.
west o. the river Mense the might
passed Q"ict;y. Fat CT the river tn re
were intermittent b@mDar1ing in Ii
vicinity OF Do"au1ont ana Dam,o"p.
"In the NCeyrc dis rict tIcrc h2v
been some oul5@T5ts of artillery fir
in the sectors of Mo tlanviile and
Eparges beth sides taking part.
There has been no other deVC.o3
mcnt OF Importance on the rest Of tce
front"
Liquid fire has gained the German
parts of trenches mentioned in rc2en.
Official cCrl-,vn:cati-ns, SAYS The
Journal dcs Lc32ts, OF Par.s, AM tn
military con?niittee OF the chamber
o. sepulies Is inGuiring into methods
for protcctica a: ainst seuch fire at
tacks and into the use OF a similar
weapon in rc1risal.
"Orc can easily u2dcr2ta@d,' SAYS
the newspaper, the suEe i rity Cl
this terrible arm over the bay~nat
Even though ii may expose the man
WAC carries it 10 the danger # d a h
n case a fragment OF shell shGu d
strike it; on the otter hanl, it sireS
to an attack tie power and crue y
to which our communications are bear
ing witness"
TIE newspaper ad S that Fran {
iias every means at her disposal + l
paving the Germans in thei.' owa coin
and therefore should empoy them
General IoTre, communicative III
OF tie French forces, some days a5C
issued the following address:
"Scldicrs OF the army of Vcrlnn:
FOR th-e1 wcc'i3 you have enl@red tie
ncst Formidable attack that the enc.
my has yet tried against us. Germany
counted upon the success OF this ef'
.cr,, which she thought Wou d be ir
rasiatib,e, and for whi~h sne con Ell
tra,ed her best troops and her nost
powerful artillery. She hoped the tax
:ag Of Veraun would raise tie courage
Ct her allies and convince ncI1. Al
tt..~ RES Ct German sup ri ritz.
ste reckcned without yoH. ia,
a4d day, despite bcm 2arlme2> W t.
CIT precedent, you rcsLs ed al. attacks
ard maintained yo-r positions.
"The hattie has not yet terminate !
because the Germans haze reel Il &C
try. You will be 9b.g to wrc~t il
from thea. we have amw1n. ton n
abundance and numerous rcscr.e;
hut you lave above all your icdo>l'
a5le ccur2 and y2ur faith in the
dCst:nics g. the r>1 bic.
The country he's IS eyes u9o1
You viii De Ct thc~o o. w&cm it vii
be said, 'Thcy barred the al to Yer
DIN against the Germans
(Sigred) "J. JOFTRE."