The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1916-04-12
ALL DAY VERDUN BATTLE
ENDS IN GERMAN CHECK
EAST AND WESTOF MEUSE
Sector the Kaiser's Forces Are Driven Out-French
Artillery Halts Enemy at Dead Mans Hill.

PARIS. Aprl ii.--Tle French front be-
tween the villages OF Douaumont and
Naux. to the east of the Meuse. was sub
jected to a heavy German attack this
afternoon.
temporary footing was gained In
some advanced trench elements Of the
French line. but the French launched a
counter attack Immediately and cleared
these elements. so that no permanent
sain for the Germans resulted from the
assault.
The operations to-day were another in
stance of tho strategical scheme which
has been employed so often by the
German command In the verdun cam
paign OF alternating heavy attacks be-
tween the two sides of the Mcuse. in an
apparent attempt to catch the defenders
unprepared thr )ugh their anxiety for the
strengthening of the front previously at
tackled.
one of the mos. violent OF recent Ger
man attacks ON the Verdun front had
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Jiomme. Soon after this attack the Ger
mans turned their attention To the cast
ern bank of the river in au effort To re-
cover the trenches lost to the French in
the past few days south OF Douaumon',
In the Gailletta wood sector Flaming
liquids We're used to cover tire attacking
parties. hut all the German efforts werc
checked by the French fire.
At the same time the rouaumont-
Nauy sector WAS brought under a heavy
fire from the German guns and the ar
tillcry preparation for an attack on
this front was continued until the be-
ginning OF the assault AZ o'clock this
afternoon
Curtain Of Gas.
Shells releasing gases irritating to
the eyes were used In the final moments
of the preparation. When the French
had finally driven the Germans from the
trench elements which the latter had
occupied as a result OF the assault they
had about 100 prisoners in their hands.
The official Communiuue issued by
the French War Office tonight follows:
To the north of the Aisne our artil-
lery took under rs fire a strong Ger
man column which was being trans-
ferred on the Chenin des Danes A
we'll regulated fire caused serious
losses to the enemy.
In the Argonne there was much
activity by our artillery on the whole
front.
To the west OF the Meuse there was
a somewhat intense bomba rdment In
the course OF the day on our front
from lie Mort IIonme 10 Cumieres
There was no infantry action
To the east of the Meusa. after
very violent artillery PREPARATION, to
which was added tn. Intensive throw
ing OF lacrlmosal shells the Germans
launched toward o'clock this after
noon strong alta IL ON our trenches
between Douaumout and NauX. The
enemy. who had set foot in some ad-
NauC-I clements Of uu- lines. was
thrown back a little Later by a counter
attack. In the course of which our
troops took about loo uHwounded
prisoners. including m officer
IN the Woevre there was artillery
fighting In the sectors Of Moulaiu-
willie. RonvauX and Charllou.
Northeast Of 81 Mihiel. our long
range pieces bomharded with sue 'ess
a train stopped north OF the railway
station Of Heudicourt.
There ~ no important event To- re-
port on the rest of the front.
ANIATIoN-Dn the night % April
1O-li one OF our hombard!nc squad
rops IN two different attacks threw
respectively twenty-seveu and twenty
one bombs on the railway stations at
Nan,illos and Eri-uli"s The same
squadron covered with bombs the
smplaccment of n $50 millimcter gun.
firing at long raug-.