AROUND VERDUN.
GERMAN ADVANCE HALTS. CAINS BARELY HELD. FRESH ATTACKS SMASHED. PARIS, February 28. A communique states : There is a certatt slackness in the enemy’s attacks on the forts north of Verdun, except between Douaumont and the high plateau north of Vaux, where a powerful' attack on our positions was repulsed. The slopes east of Douaumoht are covered with German corpses. Our troops are closely encircling the enemy sections ■which obtained a foothold there, and the enemy are holding the ground with difficulty. The opposing artillery has rendered Talon Hill untenable to ns or the enemy. The Germans in the Woevre have established contact with our outposts towards Blanzce and Moranvillc, whence their attempts to debouch towards Hill 255 failed. .An enemy detachment at the Sefiones district. was shelled and dispersed.
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Evening Star, Issue 16050, 29 February 1916, Page 3
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131AROUND VERDUN. Evening Star, Issue 16050, 29 February 1916, Page 3
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