Evening star., 1916-03-09

lines,
Communications. On Tuesday they ap-
peared over Revigny station with tne
evident intention of DESTROYING tra
load of munitions. The station aseh'
named Plancon. with the ne.p onS de&.
tion hand with great GOODNESS anu @ ueA
tStity coupled up the seventy cars coih .
posing the train and got them Ol " e
place of safety. bombs expioains ~
around but none striking the tarse.
For this the station agent was oeeoia'
ed with the military cross
French Official Statement.
The French official statement issued
today says:
.In the Areonne our artillery has
continued its bombardment of the en-
emy's routes of communication, notably
in the eastern Argonne and in the
region of Montfaucon and Mantilois.
ITO the west of the Meuse the enemy
s4tempted several counter attacks dur
4 Ing the night to regain ground lost by
him yesterday. The abortive attacks
-Nere preceded by an intense artillery
iage of Bethincourt. The attacks were
stopped by our batteries. Whlch pre-
vented the enemy from depoucnlhs
from the Corbeaux wood. The renewed
efforts of the enemy have not been apie
10 dislodge us from the large stretcn
of territory which We have reconquereo
and consolidated.
p" Struggle of Bitterness.
- East of the Meuse the struggle Is
being carried on with great bitterness
Since yesterday. At the end of the
evening and during the night between
pouaumont and the village of Vaux,
the Germans directed several powerful
int ity nf
the artillery fire and the violence OF
the infantry assaults the enemy was
unable to make any impression on our
fine and has been completely repulSed
Some detachments of German lnfan-
try which had penetrated the village
of Vaux were driven out Immediately
At the point of the bayonet by coun-
Ter attack.
I'm the Woevre there has been an
Intermittent bombardment on both
sides without any infantry action. In
Lorraine surprise attack to the west
Of the lie Petrie forest resulted in
%he capture by US of twenty prisoners"
German Statement.
=. The text of today's German statement
Is as follows:
western theater-The artillery ac-
tivity on both sides frequently IN
The French recaptured the western
Dart of a trench near the farm of Mai
CONS de Champagne. where hand-gre-
made fighting occurred yesterday
West of the Meuse we were occupied
m clearing out the rest of the French
troops remaining in the woods OF Cor
beaux.
Sile connections between our positions
10 the south of Douaumont and our
fric
and armored fort of Vaux. with numer-
aus adjoining fortified positions. were
captured in a glorious night attack,
after thorough artillery preparation by
the Posen reserve regiments. Nos. and
le under the leadership of the com
mander of the 9Th Reserve Division of
Infantry. Gen. Won Guretzky Cornitz.
v. 'In a series of aerial engagements IN
the neighborhood of Verdun our avi-
ators were victors. 1t is certain that
-2hree enemy aeroplanes were shot
down All our aeroplanes returned
safely Several of their brave pilots
.lages west and south of Verdun were
heavily bombarded.
by the attack of a French aero
plane squadron within the radius OF
1.-The fortress of Metz two civilians were
killed and several houses damaged.
In an aerial battle the machine Of the
commander of the squadron was shot
down and the commander captured.
The observer was dead.
- French Losses Placed at 10000.
- BERLIN. March 9. by wireless to
-sSayviIle. n. Y.-Maj. Moraht, military
ssexpert of the Vossische Zeitung. esti-
mates that the French losses in the
lighting around verdun total between
10000 and $4,000. Maj. Moraht says
that more than 10000 French soldiers