The Penn's Grove record., 1916-03-03

Paris.-The sudden sweep of the
Germans in the Woevre region, fol-
lowing the cessation of the terrific in
fantry attacks on Verdun and the
surprise attack in the Champagne re-
gion, which netted them a mile of
French trenches gained for the Teu-
tonic legions two towns and a French
armored works on the plains north
west of, Douaumont.
With the lessening of the activity
of the %contending forces to the north
Of Verdun, the French in the Woevre
region, east of Verdun, are using their
artillery to break up German prepare
tions for further advances toward the
ortress. At various points the fire
Of the French guns has prevented the
Germans from launching offensives.
In the Vosges mountains there has
also been great artillery activity by
the French near Senones and Ban-de-
Sapt, while near Seppois the Germans
have been driven out of trenches they
had previously taken. In the Cham
payne German fortified works in the
region of Hill 1913 have been battered
by the French guns and the crater OF
occupied by the French.
The Germans have added several ad-
ditional points to their terrain in the
fighting about Verdun, having been en-
abled to construct trenches on the
slopes north of the Cote du Poivre and
to capture an armored work northwest
of Douaumont, and have taken the
towns of Manheulles and Champion,
thirteen miles northeast of Verdun.
In this drive to the east of Verdun
the advance of the Germans has ex-
tended over a front of virtually twelve
miles-from Dieppe to Champion.
Berlin reports that thus far they
have taken prisoner 22S officers, 1855
men and a large number of guns, ma
chine guns and much war material.
From Dutch sources came reports
that $4,000 Germans were killed in the
frontal attacks upon Verdun and esti-
mates that the Germans have lost
at least 160, 900 in killed. wounded and
missing since the smash began.
GERMANS CHECKED AT VERDUN.
London.-The great battle center
ing around Verdun, in which half a
million men are engaged, is still being
fought at some points with the same
fury as characterized it at the begin
ming ten days ago.
Utterly regardless of appalling
losses, the German legions under
personal command of the Kaiser and
Crown Prince continued to assault
the heavily fortified French positions
north and east of Verdun. After cap
turing by storm and sheer weight
of numbers Fort de Douaumont, four
miles north of Verdun and one of the
permanent d~efenses of the great
fortress itself, the Germans were
driven northward by a counter at
tack, which again placed the French
in some parts of Fort de Douaumont
as well as resp~ossession of consider
able lost terrain beyond the fort.
To the west of fort de Douaumont,
the Germans toog Champneuville and
the Cote de Talou, advancing to Nave.
To the east of the fort they stormed
the extended fortified works of Hara-
umont.
In the official statement from Ber-
lin, the German War Office
that the Germans pressing forward
to the west of Douaumont reached
Nave. on the southern border of the
wooded district northeast of Bras,
raking Champneuville and Cote de
Talou on the way.
The British line in France was ex-
tended an additional several miles
in order that General Joffre might
concentrate greater forces to meet
the German onslaught upon Verdun.
The Germans are now in positions
from which their guns al easily reach
the Verdun forts, and at the same time
are within easy range of the French
fortress artillery.
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