Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1916-05-13
FRENCH ADVANCE
AT yERDUN; Halt
FOES ASSAUITS
Make Further Gains in At
tacks on Hill 2s7 After
Bombardment
GUNS ROAR ALL MIGHT
German Thrusts Near Dousn.
mont and Thiaumont
Farm Fail
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rt,.. PARIS. May IA
There was severe fighting on bo,h ~,
OF tne Meuse River last night m, sVes
west bank the French. after a ban on he
bardment attacked the German ro.,.s gvn-
at Hill 2S7 and made further pains Yf'''on
The French War Office. in Its ~.
cotlIhunlque today, stated that the s,a' es.a
mans have again concentrated tbe,.. vsr-
fantry assaults on the eastern slds y, IN ".
Meuse. ''ue OF the
Two assaults with infantry ,,,... ~.
cred on the front, northeast Of V.ssv Ssnv
one was directed against the r.uun rsu
positions in the region of Douaun,o,zssn
which was repulsed the othss sHp
launched in the section OF Thisrwas was
farm. This latter attack broke IOnt H",nt
under the curtain of fire from the Frsn,a
guns. Wv 'feneh
The big guns thundered all r,oA.
the Verdun front. Northwest OF ths ~. ~
ress the Germans concentrated their ~
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On the left bank OF the Meuse N.
artillery duel in the Sectors OF Avo.
court wood and Hill 3O4 continual
uninterruptedly during the night.
We made progress in the vicinity
of Hill 2s7.
yesterday evening renewed their AZ.
tacks on our trenches to the sotth.
east of Fort Douaumont Despite the
violence of bombardment which
preceded the enemy's assaults. our
line did not give way at a single point
All the attacks were repulsed with
serious losses for the enemy
Other efforts during the night di. i
rected against our positions north az
To, ca
ped by our curtains of fire and our
musketry. siH
At Eparges a strong German re-
connitering party, which attempted to
approach our lines after lombard.
ment, was not able to debouch
In Parroy forest and in the region
of Ban-de-Sapt there was q rather
sharp cannonade.
The night was calm on the rest Of
the front.
BERLIN, Sayville, May 13.--violent
fighting was in progress at number Of
points on the Verdun front last night
the German War Office reported today.
Both to the east and west of the Msuss
the French assaulted the German posi-
tions, but were hurled back where the at
tacks did not break down under the FIRE
Of the German artlllry.e
The shooting down Of two histie aero.
planes was announced. 4 SO
Following Is the War Office report IN
full
West front-Between the Argonne
and the Meuse there were lvly hand
grnad combats in isolated districts
Attempts were made to gain terri.
tory in the forest of Avoceurt and
the forest of Maiancourt northwest
of Verdun, were frustrated
Southwest of LIE Mort Homms
Dead Mans HID the French dellv
cred an attack last night, but It wst
crushed by the fire of the German
infantry. Hr "
The French suffered considerable
loss east of the Meuse River ins
futile attack upon our quarry posi-
tion, west of Ablain forest.
A German fighting flyer shot down
a hostile biplane. above Bourgulgnon
forest, southwest of Laon.
An English aeroplape was precipt
tated to earth on May H. southwest
of Armentieres, by the fire OF our
hgh-angle guns.
East front-North of the station of
Selburg, the Russians attempted m
attack against trenches recently cop-
quered there by the Germans, but
were crushed bfor tn attack rally
got under way. More than 100 Rus
slams were captured.
Balkan front-Hhe positions are
unchanged.