ON THE WESTERN FRONT.

Feilding Star, Volume XII, Issue 2879, 25 February 1916, Page 2

ON THE WESTERN FRONT.

THE FRENCH HOPEFUL. STRENGTH OF VER.DUN Dlv IfENCJOS ( Hcwivi'd F<'brijiir.y '.'!), >*.;> a.m.) The whole ri/Ri'Ui c<>ni|)i iso.s wooded hills and j-avinch.. A Her a heavy lunnImrdnieiili a .series ol' iiilaiifiy altacKn ijoininoncd on Moudav aHenio'Oi. tin; chief as.-au)(. bciin/, diicclod on tlin Beomer wood, on I In. , licanmont-lli rbeboiß .front «r iii mil<-s. TJ"->_ <-<ijiuins liiiri! Huccoi'.df'd in oaiupyni'i a boryesbue-sliMpud wood. a lion I. one. mile deep. ELs<Mvher<> I lie Germans were iinalile Io y.el, slarled in l,li"ir assaults o\vi,!i» Io tin , impenelraMe, liiiiTiiiji! of lire wJierewil h (he arl.illei'.v of (he ihivd French army punished the. ;il lackers. I

The. French Insscs were small durinp; I lie ejijjliire oi' Ihe (ir.sl line, as 111!', t reni'he.s were. Iliinlv Iwld, boili sides knowing, t.jiaf (lie IVonl I reiiehe.s would rearlily be broken down by bombardment.. A Her carit'UriiiK l.jic. lreni:!HS the Germans suffered badly from I lie I're.iieh lire, lull were, promptly largely reinforced. T)io <I(.'iences of N'erdmi are so Fii.rnnn Mifi.t |i'reueh exp<'ii,s aii. , not anxious; indeed, I iu-v are, hopeful. THE CROWN PRINCE. IDS DESPERATE DESIRE. The Germans arc continuing the aI - lack, which is attributed to the Crown Prince's desperate desire Io icfn*h his faded laurels.