TITANIC FIGHT FOR DOUAUMONT.
GERMANS THRICE DRIVEN FROM THE FORT. J3AUGHT BETWEEN , CURTAINS OF FIRE, SURPRISED BY SUDDEN ARRIVAL OF FRENCH RESERVES. (Pj Cable.—Prese .Association.- Copyright.] jKeceived 10.55 a.m.) PARIS, February 28. M. Briand, the Premier, in the lobby of the Chamber of Deputies, told a graphic story of the French counter-attack at Douaumont. He said that the enemy advanced from Champ Neuville and occupied Douauvnont fort, but at the very moment the Germans thought they had obtained this formidable position at enormous sacrifice a French army corps held in reserve made a violent counter-attack. The Germans were caught between frightful curtains of fire and swept by machine-guns from all sides. The sudden appearance of our frosh divisions surprised them and stopped the German attack dead. Fighting assumed titanic proportions. The Germans thrice gained the fort and thrice were driven out by the heroic Frenchmen, who fought with absolute frenzy.
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Auckland Star, Volume XLVII, Issue 51, 29 February 1916, Page 5
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