The Pensacola journal. (Pensacola, Fla.) 1898-1985, 1916-03-11
GERMANS ARE
SUCCESSFUL
HEAVY DRIVE
Retake a Portion of Cor
beaux Woods by Heavy
Infantry Attacks.
PARIS SAYS GERMAN
LOSSES APPALLING
German Onslaughts at Other
Points Broken Down
BY French Fire.
PARIS SAYS GERMAN
LOSSES APPALLING
BY AsSOCTATED PRESS

R1 ASSOGlAlEl RREDEs
London, March 10.-Throwing heavy
infantry attacks against the French
in Corbeaux Wood, the Germans have
retaken part of Wood, from which
the French had recently rejected them.
Paris said the German losses are ap-
palling. According to Paris the Ger
man onslaughts west of Douaumont,
near the village and Fort of Vaux
were broken down by the French fire.
Germans claim, however, they adj
vanced to the southeast of Damloup, a
short distance east of Fort Vaux. Ber-
lin announces the capture of a ridge
west of Douamont. East and south
east of Verdun the Germans are she'll
ing Elk Moulainville and the Villers
of Sousbonchamp and Bonzee.
The Russians claim the Germans
suffered heavily in futile counter at
tacks on the Russian positions in the
Upper Stripa. Petrograd reports
progress against the Turks on the
Black sea coast.
The British announce that the
forces attempting to relieve General
Townsend, besieged at Kut Ell Amara
were forced to fall back eight miles
for water.
notwithstanding an enormous ex-
penditare Of ammunition and unstint-
cyl sacrifice OF lie, Che Germans have
, failed to bend the blue line.
The inference drawn by the gen
eral public is that the German wave
has advanced as far as in its power
without an absolute wastage of men.
A good road runs through the gent
| ~ sloping ravine up to the plateau
before Douaumont, possession Of
which would enable the attacking
forces to take the defenses in the
flank. Massed infantry, well support
ed by artillery struggled hard to wiz
command of this easiest approach tC
the famous position, but the French
were able to hold off the assailants
and at the same time to deal with at.
tacks from the village of Douaumont
! In the Woevre, the Germans die
not attempt to pursue their actions
further.
The great successes in battles VI
to the present have been gained BY
means of violent shocks delivered b.
fresh and especially prepared masses
of infantry, and nave generally beer
achieved rapidly. OF such charac
ter was the German attack on Verdu1
which smashed itself against tn,
French defenses on February &c.
The Germans then began a series o
battles on small fronts, sometimes a
one point, sometimes at another. On
day the attack was made on the ex
treme left from Bethincourt to Coos
Hill, on another day blow wa
struck at the extreme right, at Fres
mes and again at Douaumont. Al
these were genuine attacks Carrie
out by masses of troops capable 0
undertaking serious actions.
/ French military observers are at
loss to explain the object Of these as
saults, as it believed there is it'll
probability that they viii have gray
consequences for the defenders. TIL
important question is whether thing
will go on this way, just as in tn
case Of the French offensive in tn
Artois region, which beginning Ma
8 of last year, continued with dimi1
! ishing force far into June or whethe
, there viii be another great attacl
carried out by the most powerfJ
means and with that singleness {
, aim which decided the victory.