THE ATTACK ON MORT HOMME

Evening Post, Volume XCI, Issue 128, 31 May 1916, Page 8

THE ATTACK ON MORT HOMME

NEW DIVISION EMPLOYED

FRENCH ADVANCED LINE AVITHDRAWN.

The High Commissioner reports :—

LONDON, 30th May, 4.15 p.m.

On the left bank of the Meuse the bombardment was redoubled in violence to the end Qf yesterday, between Mort Homme and Cumieres. The enemy shortly afterwards directed on the whole of our positions in this sector a powerful attack, employing a newly-arrived fresh division. To the French left, all the assaults of the enemy launched on the slopes of Mort Homme, where our lines are established, were broken by our fire. '

In the region Conrettes Wood (on the east«m slopes of Mort Homme),, after several fruitless attempts by the enemy, who suffered important losses, we retired our advanced elements south of Bethin-court-Cumieres road (which runs along the northern side of Mort Homme). Further to the right, despite repeated efforts, the Germans were unable to dislodge us fiom the southern outskirts of. the village of Cumieres. The bombardment was continued with intensity during the course of the night. On the right bank, artillery fighting is very active in the region west of Fort Douaumont.