ATTACK ON HILL 304.

Clutha Leader, Volume XLII, Issue 87, 9 May 1916, Page 5

ATTACK ON HILL 304.

PARTS, -May 7. Semi-official: Though of incredible violence, the German attack on Hill 304 failed to overwhelm the French. The battle was resumed in the last 4$ hours with a fury unknown prior to thhe Verdun lighting. The repeated failure to capture dill W4 from the rear led to an at I erupted flank movement, involving a frontal attack on the northern slopes. There was an intense bombardment with the biggest calibre guns, to which the French hat'teries replied vigorously. The Hernia us at some points reached the front, French lines, but the northern slope is now a ueutral zone, the French occupying the summit and the Germans the bottom. The German bombardment continues with sustained intensity, but their infantry are not moving, this inactivity probably being due to their overwhelming losses.