Bonners Ferry herald. [volume] (Bonners Ferry, Idaho) 1904-current, 1916-03-10
THOUSANDS Of DEAD
AROUND VERDUN
REPORT FROM PARIS SAYS 10000
DEAD GERMANS LIE IN FRONT
OF FRENCH LINES.
FIGHTING WAS DESPERATE
Battle Around Douaumont Was VIC
lent and Lasted Several Days
Numerous Attacks Made by the
Germans Were RepuIsed.

Paris, March 5.-Forty thousand Ger
mans are dead before the French lines
in the Verdun region, according to
semi-official reports. These reports
also state that for 4S hours the Ger
man attempts to advance have been
frustrated by devastating artillery fire.
In front of the village of Vaux alone
1000 Germans died
Fighting of great violence continues
at Dauaumont, the war office special
ly announced this afternoon. The Ger
mans made heavy attack against the
French front along the line from Hau-
dremont wood to Douaumont fort. The
assault, the statement, says, was re.
pulsed.
Germans Fighting Away.
London, March 5.-The German ar
mics at the gates of Verdun are ham
mering them hard with heavy artil
lery, but at latest accounts had sus
pended infantry attacks. In the last
fighting reported the initiative was or
the side of the French, who desperate
ly drove back at the Germans in q
counter attack which gained them
ground
Germans Keep Advancing.
London, March 6-Further advances
by the Germans in the Verdun region
and in Champagne are told of in the
latest French official communication
which, however, also records successes
in repelling a German attempt to de
bouch further from captured posi-
tons, the driving of the Teutons GU
of trench they had taken, and tn,
hammering with the Frenci. big guns
of German organizations.
Germans Capture Village.
After having vigorously shelled tn,
region between Bethincourt and tn,
Mouse, the Germans in a strong in
fantry attach captured the village o
FORCES, about nine miles northwest O
Verdun. Not satisfied with the gain
they several times essayed to deboucl
from the village against the Cote d
L'Oie, but the French in counter-at
tacks forced them back into the vi
lage and held them there.
In Champagne the right and lef
J flanks of the French were attacke
by the Germans in the region betwee
Mont Tetu and Maisons de Chan
payne. At the former point the Frenc
fire kept the Germans to the trenches
but near Maisons de Champagne the
succeeded in occupying a small sectio
of French trench.
{ Blow Up German Post.
= In the Argonne the French blew up
German post near Courtes Chaussee
with a mine and captured a porto
of the crater. Near Haute Chauvache
the Germans sprang two mines an
later entered the French trenches a
: several points. Counter attacks, how
j. ever, drove them out and the Frenc
also occupied a portion of the min
crater
Except for the infantry attacks 6
FORCES, the guns on both sides in tn
Verdun region have been doing all tn
, work. To the southwest of Metz, nea
Q Pont-a-Moussona, the French artiller
has damaged German positions yer
heavily.
!, Germans Gain More on Verdun.
i London, March 7-Driving har
/ against the French line northwest an
southeast of Verdun the Germans hay
;, been enabled to make additional gair
y toward Verdun, but with extremel
: heavy casualties, according to Paris
Hill No. 265 to the southeast, and
portion of Corbeaux wood directl
n south of FORCES, have been occupie
e by, the Germans through strong infal
try attacks that were preceded by e
tremely heavy bombardments. Tt
= town of Fresnes in the Woevre ais
n has been captured.
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