The Manitowoc pilot. [volume] (Manitowoc, Wis.) 1859-1932, 1916-03-02
GERMAN ASSAULT
HALTED BY FRENCH
Berlin Says 1000 More Prison
ers Were Taken.
MAKE GAIN IN CHAMPAGNE
Desperate Rally by Allied Troops
Forces the Teutons Back in Des-
perate Struggle for Fortress
at Verdun.

London, Feb 29.-Attacks by the
Germans TO the north Of Nerdun,
where the battle for the fortress is
still raging fercely, were driven back
by the French fire and counter-attacks'
according to the official communica-
ton issued by the Paris war Office.
Hand-to.hand encounters occurred
TO the west of Fort Douaumont ana
the Germans were driven from
small redoubt which they had taken.
German attacks on fresnes, in The
Woevre, the communication adds
completely failed.
Germans Extend Gains.
The great German offensive on the
western front, though somewhat matt
ed at Verdun, has now spread west
ward TO the Champagne region, ac-
cording to the official statement given
out in Berlin.
After heavy artillery attack the
Germans rushed French positions in
the Champagne on both sides of the
Somme-Souain road, capturing the
Navarin farm and French positions
on both sides and conquering about
/ 500 yards of French trenches. More
than 900 prisoners were taken.
French Beaten Back.
On the whole Verdm front east
of the Meuse the Germans continue
to push forward, the war office re-
ported. Heavy French attempts to
recapture the ruins Of Fort Douau-
mont have been repulsed.
In the Champagne says the Ber-
lin report. the Germans, after an
efficient artillery preparation, began
an attack on both sides Of the road
from Somme to Souain. They CON
quered the Navarin farm and French
positions on both sides about 1000
yards large, capturing twenty-siX Of
hccrs and I 0O9 men and taking nine
machine guns and one mine thrower.
Meuse Peninsula Cleared.
"In the Verdun district the enemy
exhausted himself in unsuccessful at
tempts to torn the German positions
in and around Fortress Douaumcnt
and around Hardaumont. The Ger
mans have cleared the Meuse PENN
sula Of enemy forces.
German lines have been advanced
farther in the direction of Vacherau-
ville and Bras flour miles north Of
Verdunl. II the Woevre, the foot of
Cote Lorraine was reached by an at
tack from the east, in several places
The "Meuse peninsula is a loop of
land about five miles northwest of Yer
dun, on the east bank Of the river
inclosed by the bend of the Meuse. In
this loop lies the village Of Champ Neu
Vile, previously reported captured,
and the heights known as Cote de
Tau.
So far as the French official report
shows, the French lines in the immedi-
ate vicinity Of Ncrdun are holding
firm. The German attack is develop
ing along the front to the east and
southeast.
At Fort Douaumont, where the
fighting has been heaviest, the situa-
ton Is unchanged. The ruins OF the
fortress itself apparently are still
held by the Germans.
Paris Admits Loss.
In the Champagne in the region of
the Nuvarn farm to the north of
Souian the enemy was successful by
n surprise attack in occupying certain
trenches Of our advance line; they also
took a supporting trench says the
French report.
In the region to the north of Yer
dun the bombardment has continued
with intensity, particularly in the
central sectors and on our right There
has been no further attack on the Cote
du Poiyre.
German forces made several at
tompts to occupy the village of Douau-
mont Their efforts were broken by
the resistance of our troops, who with