, 1916-05-27

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which will handle the entire food problem
and be directly responsible to him. The
President Of this Board will be empowered
to dispose of all foodstutfs raw materials
and other articles necessary TO The supplying
of food, and all fodder and material necess-
airy for the feeding Of animals which are
stocked within the German Empire. IL ur-
gent cases the President is empowered to
send direct instructions to the authorities Of
the Federal States. Adoiph' Tortloyitz Won
Batocki, President of The Province of East
Prussia has been appointed President Of the
new Board.
Paris, May 23rd-The recapture by tho
French after three months Of The gteater
part OF fort D%ouaumont is received with
great citation by the Press and the public,
the more so on account Of the effect it is
expected to have on neutral opinion. Gene
raj Nivelle, the French Commander at Yer
dun, took advantage of the fact that the
Germans recently have been concentrating
all their attention on Dead Mans Hill on tha
other side OF the river, and assembled u
large amount of artillery for the attack on
the DOuaumont sector. On Sunday General
Nlvelle began a heavy artillery attack on
fort Douaumont and against positions. The
hour fixed for The infantry assault was
1870 p. m. yesterday. French infantry;
winch had been carefully selected ana trained
began the advance singing the Marsellaise.
The German resistance at some points was
stubborn On the Fro de Terre road and
at Douaumont, the French had to force back
the German infantry at the point of the
bayouet, The leading French contingents
reached Fort Dou0umont at 5 O'Clock. They
killed the Germans who resisted and sent to
the rear q large number of prisoners. AS
r,Nn 40 fh9y YnoOuornI F,O,, tI,;, -,.;
Germans launched a number of fierce coun.
ter-attacks bat all failed.
London, May % d.-The Chimes" has tho
following from Paris: The Germans ore now
installed at the foot of the southern slope Of
Dead Mans Hill and have carried the posi-
ton which has defed their efforts since
the LIST of March. This success has cost
them an untold number of killed and wound~
ed. Ii brings them to a measurable distance
nearer the achievement Of the objective
with which they started the battle in Feb
ru0ry. Great obstacles are still to be over
come before the Germans get within striking
distance of the main left bank defences Of
Verdun. According to the testimony Of one
who witnessed Saturdays assault on Dead
Mans Hill it was carried out by seven and
at some points BY s successive waves of,
infantry with but fifty or a hundred yards
between each wave. The whole Bavarlan
brigade took part and was caught by a cur
tain of fire from the French machine guns.
Evidence of the battlefield itself as well as
statements made by prisoners justify the
belief that about seventy-fve per cent Of
the columns attacking Dead Mans Hill from
the north east were killed or wounded.
London. May 23rd.-The British Official
communication issued tonight says: Hostile
aircraft were active on portions of cur front
yesterday. Fourteen enemy aeroplanes were
engaged and one was driven down inside the
enemy's lines IN a damaged condition. Lust
night and to-day there have been heavy bonn
bardments by both sides about Ridge. To-
day hostile artillery was very active against
our trenches between Hooge and the Ypres-
Roulers railway, There las been some she'll
ing about Mametz, Mouchy-eu-Bois, Neu-
ville-St. WAIST and Giepay. There has been
somo mining activity about Mametz, Fricourt,
the Hohenzollern ledoubt, Cuinch, and
eastward of Laventie.
Rome, May 23rd.-The following Official
communication was issued to-day: Between
lake Garda and the Adige assemblages of
enemy troops have been observed in the
Viva zone and there has been aerial activity
by the enemy on Monte Baldo. From the
Adige to the Astico there have been only