Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1916-05-25
Secure Footing in French
|. Trenches Near Haudremont
in Night Attack.
PARIS ADMITS ENEMY
SUCCESS AT DOUAUMONT
Teuton Advance in Past Month
Averages Depth of 800 Meters,
Maps Show.

LONDON. May 25.-German
troops made an attack last night
on French positions on the Yer
dun front west of the Meuse, near
the Haudremont quarry. and OBJ
tanned "a footing in one of the
| French trenches, the French war
office announced today. East of
| Cumieres. to the west of the
Meuse, the French made some
progress in hand-grenade fight
ing
| The repulse of three counter attacks
by the French on the village of Gu
| mieres. to the west of the Meuse, on
| the Nerdun front. was announced by
/ the German war Office today. The cap
/ ture of additional French trenches
southwest and south of Fort Douaumont
and. the recapture of the Haudremont
quarry by the Germans are also re-
ported. All day attacks by the French
on the German lines in the Caillette
wood. southeast of Fort Douaumont. in
which the French met with severe
losses. were beaten off by the Germans.
according to Berlin, and more than $50
prisoners and fourteen machine guns
were captured.
The Germans have reoccupied Fort
Douaumont while the French hold the
immediate approach to that position.
in, he off
cial communication issued by the French
war office last night. which says that
two new divisions of Bavarians effected
the reca pture after series of furious at
tacks.
Germans in Ascendency.
The tide of battle at Verdun has been
against the French during the last
twenty-four hours The Germans. rally
ing from the smashing blows which took
from them the greater part of Fort Dou
aumont, hurled their legions against the
ruins which retain by courtesy the title
of fort and by lavish expenditure of life
succeeded in partially retrieving the
ground they had lost on the right bank
of the Meuse
Military opinion in Paris is not greatly
concerned over the result of the days
fighting. Such incidents are regarded as
inevitable in the strategy of action and
reaction upon which the stubborn defense
Of Verdun is based. The aim Of the de-
tenders is to inf1ict the greatest possible
loss upon the enemy with the least pos
sble cost to themselves. French counter
attacks expected to restore the stu
alton in favor Of the republic
Advantage at Cumieres.
The occupation of the village Of
Cumferes gives the Germans a slight
commands the French lateral commu-
nications. However, the village is so
well covered bv the French artillery
that the Germans will be unable to
profit to any great extent by its pos
session.
Inspection made by French military
authorities of maps of the Nerdun
region shows that within the last
month German gains on the west bank
Of the Meuse from Cumieres to Ayo-
court average a depth of 300 meters
The line eastward from the river is
su bst antially the same as it was a
month ago.
French Statement.
The text of the French statement of
today follows:
"On the left bank of the River Meuse
there has been artillery duel of
considerable intensity in the sector Of
Hill 304, we'll the front be-
tween Dead Man hill and cumieres
Last night We made pogress with
hand-grenades in the groves immedi-
ately east Of the village of Cumieres
The enemy made no endeavor to at
'On the right bank of the river a
strong German attack was successful
| in giving the enemv a footing in one
of our trenches north of the quarries
at Haudremont. The bomba rdment is
continuing with great severity on each
side. In the region Of Douaumont
there has been no infantry activity.
The night pa ssed in relative quiet on
the remainder Of the front"
German Official Report.
The text of today's Germany army
headquarters statement follows:
German airmen attacked British
Flanders coast.
counter attacks against the village of
Cumieres failed.
ITO the east of the Meuse our reyi-
ments. taking advantage of the sue
cesses Of the. day before yesterday ad-
vanced further and captured enemy
trenches southwest and south of Fort
Douaumont We recaptured the quarry
south of the Haudremont farm
In the Caillette wood the enemy at
tackled our positions during the whole
day without attaining the least sue
cess The enemy suffered ver,s heavy
sanguinary losses. In addition we
aptured more than $50 prisoners and
fourteen machine guns.
An enemy biplane was shot down
near 81. Souplet and another over
Hcrbebois.'