The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1916-03-04
Special Cable Despasch to Tus sux.


LONDON. March I (saturday). The
Paris correspondent of the Daily MAJ,
telegraphinE Friday evening. says:
THE battle Of verdun has been re-
sumed and hghting as fierce as any
yet seen Is proceeding al, along the
line.
After the German repu,se on Mon-
day at Douaumont village and the
Douaumont rcdoubt the enemy sus-
pended infantry attacks for sixty hours
and took advantage of tho interval to
rest his troops and to bring several
fresh divisions from Belgium. to re-
plenish his munitions and also TO re-
move the thousands of dead which
S'rewcd the slopes of the Talou crest.
Pepper Hin the Cote du Poivre) and
the northern limit OF the Douaumont
plateau. Most Of the dead were packed
into empty munition trains .and sen,
to Germany 10 he cremated.
New German positions on the lower
slopes Of Talou Hill, Pepper Hin aud
the Nauche plateau had TO he organ
ICED defensiveiy. while trenches with
communicating saps had To- he cut. As
the ground was mainly quarry stone
the work was slow and difficult. Heavy
guns were brought up along specially
constructed timber roads.
Battle L. Resumed.
Enemy infantry attacks on the Meuse
heights. the key position OF the whole
battle, were resumed on Thursday after
twelve hours artillery preparation. Their.
"a fhraa iv,,s.. ~ "A
the Douaumont plateau, namely the vii
lage. the redoubt and the fort. The
village. comprising fifty houses, lies al
| the intersection Of three roads. II con
! sists OF street with houses on hotl
sides. parable, to the line Of the German
attack from the Chauffeur wood.
| Outside the village and on the SAINT
road stands the redoubt. built to com
mand several ravines which run alnos
to the foot OF the advanced bastions o
the fort. Three or four hundred yard
distant Is the fort round which tn
fighting ragged furously last week
perched ninety feet above the village.
The whole OF this front is yer.
strongly held by the French. The north
ern slopes Of the DOuaumont plateau ar
swept by the fire of French batterie
massed On the plateau itself and on tn
heights OF F'leury. Souville and Belle
Vile behind so that German infantry de
bOuchinG from the woods and ravines
exposed to "A murderOus fire.
ION Wednesday evening. the heav
guns having played their part. the Gel
man hordes began 10 deploy from Le
Chambrettes farm ana IN. Vauch. WOO,
convergng upon the Douaumont platea
in the centre. Another column was d
rected against the plateau from the rigt
under shelter of the Haudoumont WOO
At the same time. on the extreme left
German division advanced alons the lir
Of the little brook OF Vaux against III
village of the same name.
'"This latter attack. although carrie
out with vigor. utterly failed and y
Germans were driven back into the plai
with heavy losses. The French artillei
I fire was 80 fierce that evening that u
Germans We're unable to push the atta1
home at any point on the Douaumol
plateau. They profted by the nigh
however. to bring m2issed reserves VT
to the front and Thursday morning b
gan a formidable assault on Douaumor
which now. r. NJ. Friday. Is procee'
ing furiously.
During the morning and afterno'
r three desperate onslaughts were MAJ
+. BY Pomeranian and Bradenburg res
ments. On the tirst two occasions q
l assailants with great bravery reach