Arizona republican., 1916-03-06

rcrulsed by our curtain of fire and by the firing of our infantry.
 During the night the bombardment was continued with a fair degree of intensity over our whole front and to
 ,he east of the Mouse and to the
 west 0f L. Movte Homme and Cote
 De LDie"
 It is stated semi officially that the battle at Nerduu continued yester- day throughout the day with the same intensity and without causing any change in the respective positions { of the opposing armies. Fighting is still going on for definite possession of the village of Duuaumont
 The situation as q result If this
 second phase ot the German offen- Isive is regarded as altogether differ l ent from that of the first days of 1 the battle. The only progress made ] hy the Germans was during the first 1 two days of the second attack. For , the last 48 hour~ they have not ad- lvanced
 ] The comparison -also is i'll favor of the French by reason of the fact that l the Germans now have lost the ad-
 vantage of surprise and also because 1 an extent that it cannot he organized : properly.
 ; This information from semi-otficial
 sources, points out that il must he i demoraliZinE to the Germans to see some 4o00o to 1o,000 corpscs of their lcomrades lying before the French lines. Keiuforccmcnts brought up bv the iGormans since the inauguration of the second phase of the battle on Wednes- day are estimated here at 2J0.000 men. raising the total forces utilized by the assailants to more than a haif mil lion. Estimates of losses show wide variance Details of local actions and the size of the reserves brought up .cause French observers to make the deduction that the Germans have paid "a very heavy price for tn" six square
 miles of ground they have gained.
 In front of the village of Naux alone
 5000 German cnrpseS We're counted rafter the eighth unsuccessful attack This part of the battle though over
 ShadoWed ny the fight for Douaumuut
 is regarded in Paris as serious check for the attackers. The Germans car
 ried on the assault with great courage luutl the dead lay thick on the field ? Then the officers il is said, were com
 ipelled 10 urge on fine troops as they ichambored over the corpses of thcil fallen comrades for the last assaults , The attack on NauX began on tn, evening If March ,, after furou. shelIiuS and continued mtil the fol , lowing night. Columns Of Germans ' iadVanced simultaneously from th, north and northwest and tried to en ? Vclope the village. French artiller, , then opened a heavy fire which separ
 lated the first wave If Germans iron !, their reinforcements Nevertheless , the fresh troops came on and the ob 7. servers saw plainly the trasiv specta n cle of lines of men pluneinG into tha $ storm of steel and emerging thinne < to half their strength Some contin $ gents lost six out of every ten me F. before even having fired a shot h The survivors, undaunted, resolutel
 !stormcd the French trenches an
 fought hand tu hand in fierce mcle a at the outskirts of the village Tn
 bitterest fighting was for possessio 7, of the road leading to Douaumont, tn .a advantage of which was obvious. Tn l. Germans charged eight times ther The supreme effort was carried ot io by six regiments advancing in clos -. formation.
 French machine guns did sruesom D.. execution in the mass and F'renc , infantry, held carefully under GOV, .5 until the advancing force appointe ,. the trenches. leaped out to meet u . onrush with cold steel. The German
 retired, leaving hundreds torn al ' tangled in the barbod wire defens, S and thousands laid low by machir " guns bullets and bayonets