Fergus County Democrat. [volume] (Lewistown, Mont.) 1904-1919, 1916-03-09

tack today. succeeded in driving the
Germans from the greater part of the
Corbeaux wood, which they occupied
yesterday and, according to the Of
fetal statement issued by the war Of
flee tonight, the Germans now hold
only the eastern extremity OF this
wood. The Germans, however, have
reOccupied the Hardamount rodoubt.
Douaumont, to the north of Verdun,
is again being heavily bombarded
ASSOCIATED PRESS RESUME.
Fighting of great violence between
the French and German infantry has
been in progress from Bethincourt
northwest of Verdun, to the Meuse,
and east of the Meuse from the south
ern slopes of the Cote de Talou to the
D0uaumOnt region-battle fronts ag-
gregating about 10 miles in length.
Spirited artillery duels continue along
the center of the front about Verdun.
A continuation of the German drive
northwest Of Verdun is asserted by
Berlin to have netted the Germans
French petitions over front of near
ly four miles and virtually two miles
in depth and enabled them to cap
ture 5S officers and 3,277 men. The
villages of FORCES and Regneuville.
the heights OF Raben and the Cumieres
woods fell into the hands OF the Ger
mans The French did not give up
these positions without strong resist
ance and suffered heavy casualties es-
pecially along the southern fringe Of
the Cumieres woods.
In the Corbeaux, which was recent
ly occupied by the Germans. the
French drove the Germans out of the
greater Fart of the position. Ger
man attack against the French Beth
incourt lines was repulsed. East OF
the Meuse the Germans have recap
tured the liardaumont redoubt and in
ine-straightenng maneuver have
made progress on a front OF about nve
miles along the southern slopes of the
Cote de Talou and the Cote du Poivre
and the Douaumont region.
In the Woevre district southeast of
Verdun. the Germans have forced the
French to lose their hold on outlying
positions they held in the village of
Fresnes. There the Germans assert
they captured 700 prisoners. IN the
Meuse hills the French artillery is
shelling the guns of the Germans.
Trenches captured by the French
in upper Alsace. destructive lombard
ments of German positions at several
points north of the Aisne and the
shelling in the Forest OF the Argonne
are told OF in the French official COM
munication. Sixteen French aero.
planes have dropped large numDers
of shells on the Metz-Sablons station
Russian warships are active in the
Black sea. bombarding the coast
towns and the continued progress or
the Russian forces is evidenced by
the capture of the town Of Ria, one
of the important detectives OF the
Russian army. In Persia, also the
Russians are forcing their advance at
a lively pace and have captured the
town of Selma (Senneh) to the north
of kermanshah.
Fifty large German warships. ac-
companied by armed trawlers. Zeppe-
Inns and submarines have been sighted
steaming west off the North Holland
coast. according to the report of the
captain of a steam trawler.
RUSSIAN SUCCESS.
PETROGRAD, March S.-(Via Lon
don. 1890 p. m.)-Russian troops
have captured the town of Ria
(Rizeh) on the Black sea, 35 miles
east of Trebizond. This announcement
is made in the official statement is
sued from general headquarters, which
adds that the Russians have also oc-