Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1916-03-18
GERMANS CURTA|L
VERDUN ATTACKS
Only Notable Artillery Action
Prevails in the Region
of Vaux.
EVEN BERLIN ADMITS
LULL IN THE FIGHTING
French Aeros Hurl Large Shells on
Stations at Confane and Metz.
Number of Explosions.

| LONDON, March IS.-Since
the massed attacks OF Thursday
night against the village and fort
of Naux, northeast of Eerdun,
the Germans have not advanced
at any point on the defenses OF
the fortress. Paris announced to-
dav. Even Berlin admits the
fighting activities OF both the
French and the German armies
on the western front were less
vigorous yesterday.
Last night passed without infantry
activity. and even the artillery action
is described as intermittent. The Paris
war office reports that the Germans did
not reply to concentration fire direct
ed by the French guns against the Ger
man trenches in the CorbeauX wood,
and in the direction of hill 265, which
is northwest of Dead Mans hill. On
the other bank of the Meuse there has
been heavy work by the artillery.
notably in the region of Vaux.
French Official Report.
The text of today's French official
communication reads:
'1n the Argonne region sector of
Courtes Chaussees there has been
fighting with mines, which resulted to
our advantage. To the west of the
River Meuse we have directed con-
centration fire on the German trenches
in the direction of hill 265 and also on
the Corbeaux wood. To this the enemy
did not respond.
ITO the east of the Meuse there has
been violent bombardment in the re-
gion of VauX. There has been inter-
mittent artillery firing at other points
in this sector. as well as in the Woevre
at Moulainville, Haudiomont and Les
Eparges.
St. Mihiel Bombardment.
ITO the northeast of ST. Mihiel our
long-rang artillery bombarded all last
night the roadway between Apremont
and Vigneulles over which it had been
reported that certain regiments of the
enemy were marching in northerly
direction.
There has been no other event of
Importance on the remainder of the
front.
During the day of yesterday. in
spite of fog and low clouds. French
|aviators were active in the region of
Fokker type appeared and was seri-
ously damaged.
Aeroplane Bombardment.
During the night of March 1918 a
equipped for bombardments threw down
fifty-four large-caliber shells. forty on
the railroad station at Conf1ans and
fourteen on the station at Metz. These
shells fell accurately. A number of
explosions were observed on the tracks,
and three fires were set in the Metz
railroad station.
THE French machines were subjected
to violent cannonading during this
trip, but they all returned INDIANA ged
During the course of an offensive
reconnaissance another of our air
squadrons threw down ten shells on
the aerodrome at DiguZe and five more
on the railroad station at Arnaville."
Last Nights Report.
The official statement last night says:
ITO the north of the Aisne a German
attack directed against one of our
small posts to the southeast of the
Bois des Buttes was repulsed. after
fighting with grenades. Spirited ac-
| tions by our artillery in the region of
VilIe-aux- Bois and on the Craonne
| plateau have taken place.
"In the Argonne our batteries con-
tinue to shell the German lines of COM
munication behind the front.
"In the region to the north of YER
| dun no infantry actions took place dur
| ing the day. The bombardment is in
termittent to the west of the Meuse
and in the Woevre. 1t is more intense
on the right bank of the Meuse.
Destroy Munitions Depot.
I'm the region of Douaumont and
Damloup our artillery has countered
vigorously the fire of the German bat
teries and destroyed important depots
of ammunition at Champneuville.
There have been no events on the
| remainder of the front except the Gus
tomary cannonade."
| The Belgian communication says:
THE usual reciprocal bomb mbardmen Is
have been In progress.
| British Statement.
|
ment on the campaign in Belgium and
France was issued last night:
| To-day there has been considerable
| artillery activity to the south and to
the northeast of Loos. and some she'll
ing by both sides to the southeast of
Ypres.'
French Embassy Denial.
| The French embassy upon instruc-
tions from Paris today emphatically de-
MED that German forces were holding
any portion of Dead Mans Hill.
| The French embassy issued the fol-
lowing statement:
| in an official dispatch from the
| French war office, received today by the
French embassy. it is categorically de-
MED that the Germans, are holding any
position on the Dead Mans Hill
PALEMBANG Is TORPEDOED.
All Members Of the Crew Are Re.
ported Saved.