, 1916-03-04

reaching Paris. The Germu.,s CAPTURED the
village Of Manheulles but gained 80 stra-
tegic. advantage thereby since tie whole
region is being flooded. The Freucb
fell back slightly to a strong line from
which they eau hold the village under
their fire. The bomburdment to he north
of Verdun, which continued with great
violence during the preceding night, sack
ened yestei day before the vigorous response
of the French artillery, and The desperate
attacks which had been made under cover
Of darkness by he German inflntry in the
Douaumout region We're rot renewed. French
troops still surround the ruined fort of
Douuumout in which several hundred Bruu-
denburgers are cut off. The line from D0u-
aumont to Cote du Poivre has been more
solidIy fortified aud is now il u condition to
resist the most violent attack. The bend
nude by the Meuse north of Vetdun is swept
by both the German and French artillery
and Is untenable. In Champagne the Hu-
vas Agency adds that the attack, which ii was
believed would assume serious proportions,
never got beyond purely local operations
aud does not seem likely to extend. Ia a
word the German offensive is suspended but
not stopped. 1t would be RISKY at present
to say whether the pause is due to the fact
that the Germans realize that all efforts 10
take V9rdun are vain and are simpny con
hLing themselves to defending positions
which they have so dearly bought, or whether
the German troops are merely i'll need of
a rest before being hurled forward again to
the assault, but the Haya's Agency says the
German intentions will be revealed before
tue end OF the present week.
Paris, March 1st-The following official
communication was issued by The War Office
~, pinht. OIL, Rnln;,rn, am. o,tt1Ior- =, 80,
cert with the British artillery effectively
shelled the enemy Trenches to the southeast
Of Boesinghe. To the east of Rheims, a de-
tachmeut, comprising two companies which
attempted to reach our lines, retrented hast
lily under our fire, lenvIng some dead on the
ground. In the region of Verdun, there
was 10 infantry action during the course of
the day The enemy hombardmeut coutin-
ued to the west of the Meuse ia the zone be-
tween Melanc0urt and FORCES to the east of
the Mouse, especially in the region Of Vaux
and DamlOup, and Ill the Woevre on our
trenches at Fresnes. Our artillery displayed
great activity on the entire front of the enc
my to the west of Pont-a- MOussOn. Our
trench guns shattered the German f~ortifca-
tons in LIE Pretre wood and our heavy artil-
lery bombnrded the enemy established in
the region of Thlacourt. In Alsace there
were rather spirited actions by our batteries
il the valleys of the Fecht and the Dollar"
The Belgian official communication reads:
There is nothing particular to report on the
front of the Belgian Army.
Petrograd, March 1st-The official state
meut from General Headquarters reads:
Western (Russinn) front German aero
planes threw bombs aud fired machine
guns northwest Of FIiedrichstadt and
on Dvinsk. In the Lake Sventou DIS
trict we destroyed q detachment Of Ger
mans fleeing from their trenches owing TO
our artillery commandment. Caucasus front
Our pursuit Of the Turks continues. la
the district of Kermansbah also we are con-
tinuing our pursuit and have taken another
two guns.
Rome, March 1at-The following official
communication was issued to-day: Our de-
tachments have extended and consolidated
the position occupied west of the height Of
Mount Marmolada after overcoming great
difficult. es caused by the rain and atmosphe-
rio conditions. In the Monte Nero zone,
our patrols carried out a daring %reconnais-
ance towards the enemy's lines at Mcneil
where we threw grenades causing alarm
among the enemy. There have been par
ticularly heavy artillery actions in the Gori-
zia zone. The enemy bombarded some in