NIGHT ATTACKS ON DOUAUMONT FAIL.
GERMANS CAPTURE VILLAGE IN THE WOEVRE. DRIVEN FROM CAPTURED TRENCH IN LORRAINE. The High Commissioner reports under date of February. 20: — "North of Verdun a more intense bombardment has continued in the sector cost of the Meusc. , In tho course of the night violent local attacks were renewed several, times in the region of the village of Douaumont, where there was an almost hand-to-hand combat, and the enemy was repulsed by the French. "In the Woevre the Germans succeeded, after an intense artillery preparation, in capturing the village of Manheudles, south-east of Verdun. An immediate counter-attack brought the French to the western border of the village, which they hold under fire. "In Lorraine the enemy penetrated certain small portions of an advanced trench, whence ho was chased almost immediately. "Nothing noteworthy occurred on the rest of the front."
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Auckland Star, Volume XLVII, Issue 52, 1 March 1916, Page 5
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