Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1916-03-11
GERMANS GAIN PART
OF VAUX, SAYS PARIS

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numerous attacks made upon the ridge of
| the fort
THE Germans have made some prog
ress on the slopes, but their efforts to
reach the wire entanglements extending
| before the fort were checked by our fire.
SHELL woEvRE POSITIONS.
"In the woevre region the lombard.
ment has continued very intense in the
/ region of Elk and Moulainville.
In Lorraine our artillery fire has in
/ flicted heavy damage upon German works
1 near Embermenil.
"Tn the vosges our batteries have been
very active in the valley OF the Thur aud
east of Thanh"
! French military experts declare that
/ the slight advance made by the Germans
on Friday in CorbeauN forest must be
regarded as a glariug piece Of tactical
folly when the enormous price is taken
into consideration. II is estimated that
the Germans lost 10000 men In the fight
ing In CorbeauN woods and elsewhere on
Friday.
one Of the facts that stand out. as re-
CARDS the operations around Nerdun on
Friday. is the fury and magnitude of the
assaults Of the Germans against CorbcauE
Forest The German Grown Prince had
been using from 5000 To- COCO men in an
effort to dislodgc the French from the
forest without success. Finally, i'm des
peration, he launched "a colossal attack
with 25.OOO Of his best troops against the
French lines after a. violent bomhardmcut
of six hours.
The most that this >normous force was
able to accomplish in the face of the
French artillery and infantry opposing it
was an advance Of from 200 10 500 yards
into the French lines along a front Of
less than a mile
The defense of CorbcauN wood. which
guards the flank or the French position
on Goose hill, was directed by General
Castclnau, the French chief of STAFF. and
General Petaiu.
The German losses were enormous and
all night long trains, the cars of which
were painted blood red sped back
toward interior Germany laden with nude
corpses of soldiers for cremation.
The Temps. bdsinE the statement upon |
inform alton from a scmolIicial sourcc, in. |
dicates that the German losses have aver. !
aged 10000 a day during the 20 days of |
the battle
The ruthless tactics Of the Crown Prince /
have turned the Mcusc valley into bloody /,
shambles French military men speak of |
the German tactics as "mere butchery' Of !
men
FRENCH SAVE MEN /
Let lne EOOu WORK OF lllt fItICN troops !
writes Lieutenant Colonel /
Roussett one of the foremost French mil |
itary critics.
After our adversary has been pushed 10
the extreme disregard OF human life by
stern necessity, soon the day is coming
when he will not only be unable to attack,
but his forces will have been so depleted
he will be incapable of resisting. our
tactics permit Of no such frghtful butch
cry
I'VE throw into battle such forces as
are necessary 10 withstand the shock,
keeping reserved intact lcgions which will
sweep forward in tnai victory. In our
prudent opposition TO the Crown Princes
fury | see the consummaton of
)ur highest hopes"
DENY GERMAN REPORT
The official statement relative to the
Germans claim to have captured Fort
VauX says:
German official dispatches of March
affirm that in n glorious night attack
he Posen reserve regiment Nos. and
49,, under command Of General Guret2ky
'ornitz, stOrmcd the fort at NauX with
lumber of adjacent fOrtificatiouS.
This assertion is in every way false
At the very hour when the German report
arrived, the French staff found that the
ort at VauX had not been attacked and
hat the soldiers guarding it were calmly
At their posts,
THE same communications asserts
urther % that German troops are en-
yaged in clearing French troops stil re-
out Of CorbeauX Wood t2) that
he Germans stormed the villase of NauN.
These assertions are both untrue.
At the present moment the enemy oc-
'upies the eastern extremity of CorbeauX
Wood. the greater part of which is held
~ us. (The night bulletin, given above.
admits that since then the Germans have
'egained part of the woody. The village
II Vaux, attacked during the night by
German troops, was vigorously defended
md remains in our hands. The German
infantry, which succeeded in getting into
he village, were all driven out at the
Ioint of the lyonet.
FALSE STATEMENTS.
"It has been remarked that since the
allure of the offensive against Nerdun,
he German official communications are
'ull of false statements. Thus when
he French troops withdrew from F'resnes
he German communication stated on
March that 800 French prisoners had
1een taken and on March that the num-
Der amounted to more than 700.
THE garrison of Fresnes was less than
700 altogether and was able to with
lraw from the village without great diff
lCuty. In the attack on Forges, Regnie-
vile and the CorboauX Wood, the Ger
mans declared that they captured 5S Of
icers and 33,277 men, all unwounded
rhe garrisons Of Forges and Regnieviue
we're in all about 500 men, and that is all
he enemy could possibly have cap
ured"