The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1916-02-26

,heir most advanced lire. with unwa ver.
i'g tenacity. and the Germans attack.
ing again and again In what one Pari.
correspondent describes as almost un.
believablc fashion"
Near Malancourt." he saws ..,he
German infantry averaged two mon 10
every yard and they ran towards tho
French Tine quicker than guns could he
,oaded aud fred. II was a pitifuj
aushtc The French shells tore
through the walls Of flesh. In, stIi
they came on. They seemed to he sas.
cinated. They did not shout or sing. az
often has been done In the past. They
)ust marched toward the French moving
machines"
The villages behind the French from.
arc crowdsd with reserves awaiting their
urn In the combat. Ambulanccs laden
with wounded are passing 10 the rear.
Noiuihhs OF munitions and supplies are
pushihs forward by every road. where
slush.
The Paris correspondent of the Time,
says:
Tile thoughts OF the whole OF France
are concentrated upon Nerdun with much
anxiety. but with less apprehension than
they were upon the colossal struggle on
the Marine. Nobody would he SO foolish
as TO pretend that the furious attacks
at the eastern gate do not open a period
OF intense strain. felt on all sides. Che
Germans have SO much to win from the
capture OF Eerdun that they are willing
to go the bank upon the success or fail
ure OF the present offensive.
AN accounts from the front are unani-
nous IN stating that even the tremeu-
dous artillery fighting In the Champagne
offensive was like setting of a lot OF
sauibs as compa red with the pi,iless
bombardment which has been rolling
thunderousiy through the FIauts de
Meuse the pas. week. The famous IL
inch and II inch guns which nave been
brought front the Russian fronts to swell
the chorus give added force TO the trc-
pickaxe OF artillery which has
transformed the whole egion twisting
ard distorting its local geography. tear
ing. rending. obliterating trenches and
field Notifications. throwing up hillocks.
digging crevasscs with bursting shells.
Fail 20 Pierce French Line.
80 far. after Ave days OF unex-
ampled fighting. the German stan has
failed completely TO burst through the
French lines. but has succeeded at ire
mendous cost In battering back the lines
about 1000 yards
iIs'uSslllS lne motives or the German
Offensive. the correspondent says.
The have arrived at a stage
when they are beginning TO real Re tina:
unless they get "a knockout blow In sooil
they are bound 10 be beaten. not o.
points but from sheer exhaustion which
viii lay them at the mercy OF their OPP
poncnts."
The German Official statement !ssued
to-day says:
On the right bank OF the River
Mouse our successes previously re-
ported were exploited yesterday in Diff
ferent directions. The fortified VIII
lagos and farms OF Champneuville.
C~cteilate. Haumon;, Beaumont. ham
brettes and ornes were captured. In
addition all the cncny's positions as
far as the ridge OF Loudemout were
captured hy storm.
The "a nguinary losses Of the enemy
again were extraordinarily heavy,
while our losses were normal.
The number Of prisoners taken was
increased by over 1000 to more than
10000.
: No information can SGT be gwen
with regarl 10 tho booty in materials
which We captured.
h French afternoon communicate
follows:
To the cast OF Vauauois We have
launched fresh attacks or the en.my's
works In In. region of the forest OF
Cheppy. Intermittent. artillery activity
has been carried on between Milan-
court and the lef, bank Of the Meuse.
In the district TO the north Of Yer
dun the c%annonade has diminished in
violence and the enemy made no at
tack on our positions during the night
We have established organized posi-
! tons In the rear OF Beaumont on the