Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1916-04-17
Will BRING WAR.
TOEND AT VERDUN
General Petain Quotes Kai-
ser as Thus Addressing
His Troops
FRENCH OPTIMISTIC
French Commander in General Order
Tells Army to Have Courage: We
Will Get Them"
-~Usa

Paris, April H. A seml-otlic'al
note issued reviews the recent opera
tions about Verdun and gives an or
der of the day Of Gen. Petaln, COM
manding at Ncrdun, in praise OF the
resistance of the French troops TO
the recent offensive of the Germans.
The note concludes.
"The Emperor some days ago re-
viewed one of the divisions engaged
in the region between Douaumonc
and VauX, and it was there that ne
said: The war of 1870 was decided
at Paris, The present war must end
at Vcrdun.' "
Gen. Petains order is as follows:
THE 9th of April is Il glorious day
for our arms. The furious assaults or
the soldiers of the Crown Prince nave
been everywhere broken. Infantry
men. artilcrymen, sappers, and AVA
tors of the Eleventh Army were nv
ais in hcroism. Honor to all.
THE Germans. without doubt, VIII
attack again. Let every one work ana
watch to obtain the same success rs
Saturday. Have courage, We vii! get
them"
Discussing this movement, the semi
official note says:
During the period from April 9,
to -, the German Army made &
double effort in the region north OF
Verdun on both banks of the Meuse.
Following the operations begun on
March 10. the enemy, master of Mai.
ancourt since March 80 and Of Beth
incourt. evacuated voluntarily by us
on the night of April and Q. held
points of passage on Forges bro"k,
and was able to dcbouch thercfrom.
"On Apri! 9 he hogan general
offensive along the entire front be-
tween Haucourt and Cumlcres. Al
the same time he attacked west and
north of Avocourt. in MaIlncourE
wood and on the right bank OF the
Neuse as far as the wood and farm
of Haudremont
"The German troops were repulsed
ovcrvwhcre except south of Bcthln'
court. where they succeeded IN gam
ine an advanced WORK destroyed 10y
heavy artillery, On Cote Plovre they
obtained Il foothold in AZ trench easS
of Vachcrauville.
"The fighting continued on the 10TH
in the region of Bcthncourt and to-
wards lie Morte liommc. On the IL
the adversary made a local attack on
Caurettes wood, east Of CumiereS.
Large forces were used. Between
| Haucourt and the Meusc alone we
identified. through prisoners, l. regl-
ments belonging to five different dlvi-
sions two of which were engaged for
!
the first time.
4 French infantry attack in the
Verdun region south of Douaumont
Saturday resulted in the captur" OF
portions of some German trenches,
the War Office announced yesterday
afternoon. Two hundred Germans
were taken prisoners.
"The bombardmcnt continued Sat
urdav night on the left bank OF the
Mcuse, in the sector between Avo-
court and Caurettes wood" the state
ment SAYS. Con the right bank we
delivered spirited attack toward
the end of Saturday against German
positions south Of Douaumt ms
effort. which was completely
full. made it possible'for us l~.'Ny
certain elements Of the isAlE
trenches and capture 200 g1
whom two were officers.
an the Woevre our first
tions were bombarded inte .sa
There was no important e.
remainder Of the front,
usual cannonading."
Berlin, April l7.-Afte eN .
bombardments, large Fr
on the Verdun front attacked Ger.
! man positions near Fort Douaumont
Saturday. The German War Office
statement says the French were re-
pulsed with heavy losses.