HAND-TO-HAND FIGHTING NEAR DOUAUMONT
GERMAN REGIMENT SURROUNDED. LONDON, February 29. A French communique states:—"North of Verdun the activity of the German artillery is still great, except west of the Meuse, where there is a slackening. The' Germans attempted partial attacks, but our fire and counter-attacks drove them back. Wo have been engaged in hand-to-hand fighting west of Douaumont, and have driven the enemy out of a small redoubt, where ho had established himself. Two enemy attacks on the Fresnes-Woevre sector completely failed. "A German regiment has been surrounded at Douaumont."
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Auckland Star, Volume XLVII, Issue 52, 1 March 1916, Page 5
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