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GERMANS ATVAUx
HELD BY FRENCH
Paris Official Report Also Re-
cords Further Progress in
COrbeaux Wood.
BERLIN MAKES COUNTER CLAIM
Declares Night Assaults on Forts and
Village of Vaux Resulted in
Their Capture

/ IOF Ine rTencn IN the COrb6auX Wood
is reported in the official statement is
sued by the war office tonight as well
| as a German repulse along the front
from Douaumont to Vaux.
The loss of the town of Vaux, or Of
| Fort de Yaux, is not admitted The
text of the communication reads:
In Belgium our artillery has dis
played activity against the enemy po-
sition to the south of Lombaertzyde.
Hold Nearly All of Wood.
I'm Champagne we effectively bonn
barded the defensive organizations of
the enemy to the west of Navarin, to
the east of the Butte du Mesnil, and in
the region of Massiges.
ITO the west of the Meuse our
troops continued to make progress
during the course of the day in the
Bots des Corbeaux, almost the whole
of which we hold.
TO the east of the Meuse, the Ger
mans directed several attacks against
our front from Douaumont as far as
Vaux- At the outskirts of the village
of Douaumont an attack was broken
by our infantry and artillery fire Furi-
Gus assaults against the village of
Vaux likewise, were repulsed with
heavy losses for the enemy
RepuIsed Attack on Vaux.
Finally the Germans launched
against our trenches bordering the foot
of the slopes of the ridge dominating
Fort Vaux, violent attacks in solid
formation, which were driven back,
the Germans suffering enormous losses
from our curtain of fire
THE artillery activity to the west
and east of the Mouse has been very
violent on both sides.
I'm Upper AIsace, we carried after
grenade fighting, one section of an en-
envy trench in the region of Entire
largues, east of Seppois.'
Germans Claim Gains.
Berlin, March 1O.-The village and
armored fort of Vaux, northeast of
Verdun, has been captured by the
Germans, the war office announced
today.
The announcement says that in ad-
dition to the village and fort of Vaux
adjoining fortified positions were cap
tured. The assault was made in the
night by Posen reserve regiments.
French Retake Position.
Paris, March 9.-The French, by a
strong counter attack, succeeded to-
day in driving the Germans from the
greater part of the Corbeaux Wood,
which they occupied yesterday, and,
according to the official statement is
sued by the war Office tonight, the
Germans now hold only the eastern
extremity of this wood. The Germans,
however, have reoccupied the Harda-
mount redoubt.
Douaumont, to the north OF Verdun,
is again being heavily bombarded. The
text of the communication reads:
North of the Aisne destructive bonn
bardments have been carried out
against the enemy work on the plateau
of CraOnne and the enyirons of Pasly,
north of scissors.
Hold at Bethincourt.
"In the Argonne we concentrated
our fire on the German organizations
at Haute Chevauchee and the Cheppy
Wood
West of the Meuse the enemy at
tempted to make a fresh advance dur
ing the course of the day under cover
of an intense bombardment. An attack
by heavy electives was directed
against our positions at Bethincourt,
but was repulsed.
"a counter attack launched by US on
the Bots des Corbeaux, which the Ger
mans penetrated yesterday, drove the
enemy from the greater part of that
wood, of which he occupies no more
than the eastern extremity.
ION the right bank of the Meuse the
bombardment has again become very
violent in the region of Douaument,
where the Germans attempted unsuc-
cessfulIy to attack our lines. East of
the fort, after an infantry action, the
enemy succeeded in reoccupying the
Hardamount redoubt, which we took
possession of yesterday"
The Russians Into Ria.
Petrograd, March 9.-Russian troops
have captured the town of Ria CRi-
zeh) on the Black Sea, thirty-fiye miles
east of Trebizond. This announcement
is made in the official statement is
sued from general headquarters,
which adds that the Russians have
also occupied the town of Selma, north
of Kermanshah, in Persia.