Richmond times-dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1914-current, 1916-03-01
CIRCLE OF STEEL
IS BEING THROWN
!. AROUND VERDUN
Movement Marks Longest
Stride Yet Recorded in Eff
fort to Surround Fortress.
FIVE TOWNS CAPTURED
BY ARMY OF CROWN PRINCE
German Line Strengthened and
Within Two Miles Of
Outer Dcfcnscs.
THEIR GAINS CONSOLIDATED
of CHASTITY Streams Of Wounded Com
ana ana t.. stantly Flowing From
,, " Battle Field.

board &c ---------------
expenses =, can't. % THO .r,,,o..r,ty,,,c,, !,
inent nj
ing the tDo"' 'cRruarF - u" '''r'n'h"
reported the captur" ot FIVE
;r = southeast Of N"rdun. The: arc
slo3os Be. Aboucourt. Binnzce. Marheu''cs
sI.es7 yChamplou.
taxes c advance was pEc' a front twelve
as agTs long. and represents gain Of
crcasosn orc to four miles iu three days
To- .cn brings the German lire on rho
~. h"ns'. ~ III" nearest point within
the uE miles OF Enrdun itself s'iatchien-
ns a;T the German line ana bringing y.
riod 5 eight miles of 'hls front. within
III. 90 miles "i th" outer "efenses Of the
rhey
p'hc movement marks N' creates;
,.,,,, 'dc set recorded 3" rh" "nciTcIiag
th" Ncment Of N" cr"wn p'inr"'a Hrlny.
ce,,II completes about the h"lh:@ucrod
The ,{'y an almost rcrf"rt sernicirric. s'r't-
az AZ Ch"'"hn'uNi!i" On inc north
lM'"' aud c>'endinr !" Champion. a."
he southeast ~ 80 po'"t T. thiS arr
ann u nristi'hF sice' more Instant thas
SAM" aud "n"-h"!f miles from 'h' net't
of 81 >ef"nii.
EchtIoi.D GAINS ~ F,,r.
hi.N ~ CALLING. rIn.:
'"e ri,ldng ,heir =nus ON Tie alop.. OF
>jcrp"l I,ill in the rnre Of calinc
tho e,s sv'isesR Aa Esshsh P.siieritS and re-
ham, ,NcilfE' eScr-recurtns French counter
81 'hSi'atKs AT FORT po'iaumort the attack
"':''NNg lcutons to-day Clampcd tho Jaws
u,r,,rt hc huEc N'Hc east "i ne orncs
and AtiHufhoht ml''tafN hlIhwh! Inc
tendcnde lu'ef t"r'S Whi'h protect Ncrdnn
III" Sout Y east are nov within easy range
- ~ y "crh'hhs p!E KUN:
~ r"re f"r' b"uhui""nt. accordini, -
Az the rFehEh nie"' '"!n'nHhlHu.. III" vio-
Il lcnG' OF IN" ''H'"''n onslaught has been
a. IL !, tts al #.Fsv
~ !as' hlSh' hf""*hi ih' last news "f
ofMf ir'an''F encounters Hand d-t"-haud
'vH hSh''HE !n 'hc "ark, w'ih u" hashcs
"E o; powder against the snow clothed
E "'p' ~" o''' 'E",. ''Sn''t" ~ me
" ,; 49,. -, :" = 10 ,.'aN '"'
9 ES "S ''"''','" '"F''
M h"h' INC shattered works tho Ger
iia's sun h"!d 'heir own but IN"
"rcneh assert that rher hav" the CON
a. a'ef"is i''"uehoufee'* trapped
M '''''"" ''u''"'t
'M consolidated though under tn. great
idh ~ dircu,,ios w,,b no u.oun ha,
neg ,.rj,s Filming rr.., r,,os ,,ro,,r
iaFG avcr,. German wort. ,hrou., -, no
hroM r.cuch machine nm. ,ro ,.r,,.,;no
nteE ne cuemv with a b,il ~ rui,.,s
eaW
n tM
en$t " -
,oWc-'. fTcnch 'stmaies ~ the losses snf-
81 t,,rIci ., 1-c,,,,,. .,,aai
a. .nooo
ySs rt ,.o ,
a casualties give thcn AS enormous. ~
"a. Amsterdam report states tha, the Ger
ckes, nan" nave 'oS' ~ N'''e" atone '"'""".
.,,to Ina, ,,,a tfrrncr .r ,oa,
L. p, ,hc BIZ, runs from ,br for,y n
60 M9H rd,in ana rouu,inr ,hou in IN. roar
IA tba French lines rhosc r,,,,ci,,
ont M 10y "'s' u'"'''c'''
~. oEsrrohorntion of tn. prcdtc,iop. az
,nna, ElIitary experts there thai The fan Of
~. r. CITY is imminent
NY T9 oi..;a, t
,,,,,o, r. site. according to dispatches receive,
oh. re- Confidence is growing daily
coahsgg I'M ,,,,,.a '".
.j setting at nauGh, the colossal sac