VERDUN BLOW.
GERMANS EXPECTED IT.
PARIS, October 27. (Received October 28, at noon.)
M. Marcel Hutin writes in the ‘ Echo de Paris' : Three' French divisions at Verdun completely beat seven German divisions. I here was no question of nnv surprise element, except in regard to the direction of the attack. More than a fortnight ago the Germans were exhibiting placards asking “When is your attack coming? We are- waiting for you. Regard yourselves as corpses.”
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Evening Star, Issue 16257, 28 October 1916, Page 8
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75VERDUN BLOW. Evening Star, Issue 16257, 28 October 1916, Page 8
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