ARTILLERY FIGHTING IN VERDUN SECTOR.
CURTAIN OF FIRE STOPS GERMAN RECONNAISSANCE. ATTACK IN THE BOXS LE PHETKE DISPERSED. (Bj Cable—riese JkßsocUtloe.—Oopyrtgiit.) The High Commissioner reports under date of London, March 14:— West of the Meusc the cannonade was somewhat violent during the course of the night. On the right hank a strong German reconnaissance at Bois d'Haudromont was stopped by a curtain of fire. The bombardment has continued in the region of Vaux, at Damloup and in the Woevre district. The action of the artillery on both sides is lively in the region of Eix, east of Verdun. In the Bois le Tretre a German detachment attempting a coup dc main against our trenches at Croix dcs Cannes, received a furious fusillade and ' dispersed, ieaving their dead behind.
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Auckland Star, Volume XLVII, Issue 64, 15 March 1916, Page 5
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128ARTILLERY FIGHTING IN VERDUN SECTOR. Auckland Star, Volume XLVII, Issue 64, 15 March 1916, Page 5
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