The citizen-Republican. (Scotland, Bon Homme County, S.D.) 1???-19??, 1916-03-09
General Joffre's Forces Every
where Holding Own and From
Superior Positions Ward
ing Off Blows.
TERRIBLE CARNAGE GROWS
Confidence Of Defenders In
,reases as Each Assault Fails
- Use Bayonets When
Other Means Fail.

With the French center in the
Douaumont district still apparent
ly holding firm, the Germans are
again turning their attention to
the flanks of the French positions
around the stronghold.
Intense artillery activity in the
Woeyre region was reported In the
Paris night bulletin, the first cen
tering upon the regions of Haudo-
mont and Fresnot, about 10 miles
southeast of Verdun. On the ex-
IRENE French left, across the
Mouse river, the heavy artillery of
the Teutons is pounding the
French defenses in Lemort HON.
mel region.
Meanwhile the testing of the
French strength by furious as
saults on the main defenses is con-
/ tinuing.
Correspondents who have been
! at the front quote French military
men as declaring that the German
achievements so far in the great
battle for Verdun have resulted
merely in restoring the lines to
the positions they occupied at the
beginning Of 1914, before the
French, in a series of local attacks,
began expanding the defensive
area about the fortress.
Indications that the Germans
may be planning another often
sive movement on the western
front are contained in reports
from Dutch sources that 10000
German c%avalrymen r on their
way to the battle line near Ypres.
Paris. March 7.-Yesterday was q
good day for the French at Verdun, ac-
cording to information received this
morning, and public confidence is
greatly strengthened by the news o1
the continued repulses of the German
attacks. In military and political cir
cles lively satisfaction is expressed re-
garding the situation and the opinion
now begins to prevail that the grea'
efforts of the Germans will be more
easily disposed Of than was at first cx.
pected.
Having failed to make any impress.
sion on the Douaumont position and OF
Vaux to it's right, the German genera
staff determined to smash the trencl
left on the V~acherauville wood Cote dl
Poivre position. Without regard to cost
the best troops were hurled forward
but with no more success than else
where. Pomeranians and what was LET
of the Brandenburgers dashed them
@IryN ,~,-yx -~@ s--& A1o TN~Nr - rryhS
stood as immovable as a rock wall.
Plenty of Ammunition.
AS at VauX, the Germans finally Eel
back, leaving heaps Of dead on tn
ground. The French infantry, supportet
by their formidable artillery. which will
never henceforth lack ammunition
showed themselves able to resist ever,
onslaught. On the left bank Of tn
Mouse. artillery on boil sides thun
dered all day long. The Frenc in
fantry in that section had little to dc
but it remains there ready for an,
ev%entuality, although the military au
thorities believe it is extremely doubt
full that the Germans will attempt t
storm the Mort Homme key position
for to do so they must deploy over
plain a mile wide under cross fire fror
the heights around.
1t is chiefly the French artiller
! which is involved in the Woevre fight
ing. The French hold the outskirts {
the village of Manheulles firmly. an
have stopped all attempts of the Ger
to debouch in that direction.
An idea of the relatively small per
centage of French casualties in til
Verdun battle is considered as deduc
BILE from a statement made by a lien
> tenant who has arrived here wounded
"Our losses he said, ARE compare
I lively slight. My regiment for instanc
i, had only AZ killed and 35 wounded. TIL
&c Sy,nlJ for n unit uIfcI J,ac Lanr, "a n
ing as support and which was engage
in the most violent of the fighting"
Two Days of Carnage.
The fire Of French guns pour
s death for two days into he ranks
e the forces attacking en- masse the vi
lage Of Douaumont. The French no.
the summit of the KNOLL, which dom
mates the village from the south. Par
of the town had been taken and r.
} taken repeatedly n each time tn;
I the fortune of battle changed more dee
from the thick masses of German a:
sailants ave been added to the pill
: behind which their surviving comrad
sought brief protection.
a Each time regiments already cut
a pieces were pushed ahead by 9th
4 bodies Of troops charging the field III
til the ground was strewn with bodie
1t is the opinion in all quarters that I'll
!. crown prince had determined to ps
70 70 the price necessary to capture Verdi
- and if possible drive the French fro
the right bank of the Mouse.
Finished With Steel.
l. Whenever the German Ssaul on Il
French line reached the danger poi
the blue clad troops leaped forwa
with fixed bayonets to the strains
the national battle hymn. Accounts
=, this fighting from French sources 81
M that on each occasion the soldiers
the republic got the better of their o
ponents, pushing back Germans W
Id did not fall under the cold steel.
IT. Firmness of Fl ench bonds On {
le bollrse today reflects the c0nfiden
re- which is felt here in the outcome of t
a great struggle.
I'll Fighting is still going on for defin