Tulsa daily world. [volume] (Tulsa, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1905-1919, 1916-03-01
Heavy Artillery Prevents
Germans Fro.l Assem-
bling Reinforcements.
OUTLYING TOWNS
TAKEN IN MARCH
Auxiliary Cruiser Sinks in
Mediterranean; Number
Lost Not Known.
WITH the lessening of the activ-

MYTH the lessen'ng Of the aciiv-
w ity of. the contending forces
north of Verdun. the French in the
Woevre region, east Of Nerdun. are
using their artillery to break up Ger
man preparations for further ad
val es toward the fortress. At vari-
Gus points the fire OF the French guns
has prevented the Germans from
launching cffensives.
In the N6sges mountains there also
has been great artillery activity by
the French near Senones and Ban de
lSapt: while near Seppois the Germans
have been driven out of trenches
.Aey had previously taken. In the
! Champagne German fortified works
in the region of Hill 1873 have been
! battered by the French guns and the
{ crater Of mine exploded by the Ger
mans was occupied by the French.
Germans Capture Towns.
( The Germans have added several
1,dditional points to their terrain in
sithe fighting about Verdun, having
been enabled to construct trenches
on the slopes north of the Cote du
Poivre and to capture an armored
work northwest of Douaumont and
have taken the towns of Manhuelles
and Champion, l3 miles southeast
of Nerdun.
In this drive to the east of Verdun
the advance has extended over a front
of virtually IL miles, from Dieppc to
Champion.
Berin reports that thus far they
have taken prisoner 2SS officers, 16,-
SIS men and q large number of guns,
machine guns and much war mate-
rial.
LAn a
lery activity and fights in the air be-
tween battalions of Germans ifnd
British aviators along the British
front in France and Belgium.
In the Dvinsk region of Russia the
Russians have driven the Germans
back and advanced their line and put
down under heavy fire an attempt at
a counter attack.
In a lengthy statement in reply to
an official communication issued from
Constantinople. the Russian general
staff describes powerful defenses
which guarded Erzerum, and declares
that the force of the blow dealt by
the Russians can be estimated by the
fact that some Of the Turkish army
\ corps of three divisions each now
humber only few thousand men. all
the remainder either having perished
or been taken prisoner
Auxiliary Cruiser Sinks.
Details are lacking concerning the
disaster to the French auxiliary
cruiser Provence, which has been lost
in the Mediterranean. While the
French ministry OF marine estimates
the number of survivors at So no
estimate is made of the casualties.
ON the eve of the opening Of Ger
many's submarine campaign against
armed merchantmen. President Wilson
has thrown down the gauntlet to con-
gress over the resolutions that have
been introduced, having as their par
pose the warning of Americans from
travelling on armed merchantmen. In
a letter to Representative pou, acting
chairman of the house rules commit
tee, the president has asked that the
matter he brought to vote in the
house. II is his intention to ask for
similar action in the senate. The pres
idents step is taken in order that "lll
doubts and coniectures may be swept
away and our foreign relations once
more cleared OF damaging misundcr-
standings