Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1916-03-12
ACTIVITY OF BIG GUNS
LESS MARKED ELSEWHERE
Teutons Reported to Have Lost
Heavily in Most Recent
u Attacks.
GROUND COVERED WITH DEAD
Possession of Corbeaux Wood and
Hill 265 May Materially Assist
Crown Prince in Further Of
fensives on Cote de L'Oie.

LONDON, March 1.-the
German offensive for the time be-
ing has been slackened i'll the
Verdun region. The French Off
cial report announces that there
has been no recent attempt at IN
fantry action on the part of the
Germans along the whole Of the
| front.
On the east bank of the Meuse
the region around Douaumont is
being subjected to heavy bonn
bardment, but the rest of the cen
ter and in the Woevre the guns
are not working SO actively, and
on the western bank of the
Meuse, in that section from
Bethincourt to the Cote de L'Oie,
the artillery duel has been COM
paratively unimportant. In that
region the Germans claim to have
retaken most of the Corbeaux
wood, the possession of which is
likely to prove factsr in an at
tack on the Cote de L'Oie, the
Germans are holding Hill 2o5. to
the northeast of that important
strategic position.
Heavy German Losses.
Describing the German attacks on the
French trenches west Of Douaumont
Friday, the official statement of the
French war Office says that the Ger
mans three times. in columns of four.
| rushed forward to the assault. but were
|, moved down by artillery and machine
gun fire. They were forced to retire.
lea wing the ground covered with dead
bodies
French Communication.
The following official communication
was issued by the French war office to-
| night:
"In Belgium destructive fires were
directed against the trenches and un-
derground works of the enemy in the
| region of Steenstraete and the environs
of Bixschoote.
I'm Artois. to the east of Neuville. we
exploded a mine, the crater of which
we occupied. Between the Somme and
| the Disc we bombarded German or
ganizations in the region Of Herbe-
court, Laucourt and Beuvraignes. North
has been maintained in the region OF
the Bois de Buttes. south of La Vile
AUX Bois.
Action Of Artillery.
| "On the left bank of the Meuse the
| activity of the two artilleries was less
| spirited during the course of the day
On the right bank an intense lombard
ment is being maintained in the region
west Of Douaumont. 1t has not been
80 intense on the rest of the center or
in the Woevre.
| THE enemy did not attempt any in
fantry action along the whole OF our
front. According to the latest reports.
the fruitless assaults launched yester-
day against our trenches west OF Dou-
| Aumont were very olSaStrous 10 tne
enemy. The Germans attacked three
times in columns Of four. but were
moved down by our artillery fire and
the fre of our machine guns: They
were obliged to retire. leaving the
ground covered with dead bodies.
To-day. in the region Of Douaumont
| one of our aeroplanes brought down a
Fokker machine. which fell in flames
inside the German lines
| The Belgian official communication
reads:
| Last night was disturbed only by
some artillery fire on the southern part
! Of our front. There is nothing to re-
port today except the usual artillery
actions"
British Communication.
The official report from British head
quarters in France reads:
I'VE exploded three mines east OF
lvermelles with satisfactory results
The artillery on both sides has been
active about Albert, Hulluch and
Ypres."
Germany Discounts All