VERDUN.

Evening Star, Issue 16051, 1 March 1916, Page 4

VERDUN.

45,000 GERMANS KILLED. EASE ON NORTH-EAST. ATTACK IN SOUTH-EAST. Press Association—By Telegraph—Copyright. LONDON, February 29. (Received March. 1, at 12.25 p.m.) On the ninth day of the battle round Verdun both official and non-official reports indicate that the fury of the enemy is spending itself. The* attack northeast of Verdun has been stationary for three days. Telegrams from Amsterdam state that 45,000 Germans have already been killed, while endless trains of wounded are. arriving at Me*tz,» Coblenz, Treves, and Cologne. The early enthusiasm*of the populace has been "damped by the appalling sights. One regiment has been reformed from the remnants of 10 crack regiments. At one time 8,000 lay dead on a two-Jmil© front at Haumont. A Paris communique states: Violent night attacks in the region of Douaumont were everywhere repulsed after hand-to-hand encounters. The Germans appear to be attempting a diversion in the Woevro, as after an intense 'bombardment they seized the village of Mauheulles, but our counter-attacks recaptured the outskirts.