The Richmond Virginian. (Richmond, Va.) 1910-1920, 1916-02-29
Tide 81 Battle Nov Drenching
Hundred Mile Front in
Blood
THIRTY THOUSAND
DING m SNOW
Wopnded II Untold Agonies
Cover Ground Between Con-
tending Armies Trains
Crowded With Suffering Men

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h1eeA-AFenche1 f<sds whcre last
& aateas IL French nsade their
9reat aAnnsh. the Te0nt0ax have
baasaea fbetr vray forward for
q gAiM ~ 1so00 yards. They report
Il he Fersptare ~ Navartn FarM.
tAe keeme " maurh hitter 0xhttmw.
They have tAken sauare thnn fyooO
Fr<neh prisoners and nine naeeAane
guss.
some crssfes belfeye that The new
attacks In ChaMpaEne herald =
treseadsus punh an the entire
frent ~ acse than 900 miles froa
4 $50 sea - Atsser.
AAont yer1na she GernNns ~
n&aMeh1a9 fexriae attacks fxous AkA
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y 1ax ~ sh& casters bAnk ~ the
q Sgeuse. NORTH " tie Hveat fortress.
west ~ the Neuse. extending 10
she rfSSon ~ NaIane0uFt. . TERRI.
ne artillery 4uel u raxtak.
The fercest struggle Ii being wagsd
around Fort Donauntont. first Of the
French outer defenscs to fall
Freneh Claim R~capfurc.
Premier BRAND. I'm the lobby of the
French chamber OF deputies announced
ON Saturday. according to delayed dis
tas hands or the French He said the
fightins was going on with tremen-
deus violence.
Tha -lAtnat French war nfftce state.
ments. including that issue al mid
might, ignore this claim The French
have never ofifcialfy admitted the loss
o& pnuauuanrt Thu nearest the war
once has como to this Was In this
afternoons statement which said that
Fort DouAnmont II closely surround
ed.''
Ths midnight report merely says:
I'm the course Of the day the Ger
mans attempted several partial at
lacks. hut were driven back BY our
flra ma counfer-attacls. Notably 70
thN west cf Fort pouan,nont cur
troops engaged in hAntNto-hAnd COM
bats with their aciversAries. throwing
them out o. small redouht In which
they had succeeded In installing them
solves"
Ths Berlin ois,cial report claim that
satisfactory progress In being made
III the general sweep hy which the
T,utOns, led BY their Emperor and
crown prince. are a4akinE to crush In
On iii sides upon terdun. The Ger.
man war once announces that the
loop Of the Mouse, that stretch Of
territory extending from the eastern
hank Of the river past ChataDneuvilie
and the Talou Heights. and az far
sputh - Pepper Ridge fCote du Pofvre1
hAs heen completely cleared OF French
<r1op&
Csutlnas Desperate AttaeiEs
II The Germans are continuing their
dlHnperAte frontal attacks north 81 Yer
dun. accompanied BY terrific bons-
bardment which had leveiied forssts
and swept away the French entanG ie-
mesta. Especially violent lighting IL
eoinG on before the Cote du Poivrs
and to the north Of the Village OF
yaux. which has changed hands several
tines. The French claim that the vii-
1nwe Of Douaumont n atili in their
annds, u weli III vaux.
10 the east ~ che yerdun the Ger
ynAnn are hurting attack after at
tack a8ainsf ErsSne and Man
hrelIe inert distance 70 the north.
~ the plslx of me Wesvre. Further
ssstnsan ettssent. ~ debonch from Mo-
psIIss1. aeeerdls9 d M rrench.
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