THE FRENCH AT VERDUN.
GERMAN ASSAULTS RE-
PULSED
ENEMY'S DISPROPORTIONATE LOSSES. ■. . ■
(Received March 12, 5.5 p.m.) PARIS, March 11. A communique says: The enemy as- . saultedi Corbeaux Wood. Our infantry and machine-guns repulsed? > several successive attacks, makingr great ravages in the enemy's ranks. Notwithstanding their losses bein© utterly disproportionate to the objective, the Germans.launched a. final assault with effectives amounting t<>>f at least a division, and succeeded in! ''"< re-occupying part of Corbeaux Wood" which we captured on the Bth. \- 'The enemy were twice repulsed : west of the pillage of Douauniont and the village of Vaux. It is confirmed that Geilman in-' fahtry attacks yesterday at Va,ux '-■■ cost great sacrifices.. . . ' \, The Germans threw floating mines into the Meuse at St. Mihiel, but they, were fished up .before''doing damage. x
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Marlborough Express, Volume L, Issue 61, 13 March 1916, Page 4
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128THE FRENCH AT VERDUN. Marlborough Express, Volume L, Issue 61, 13 March 1916, Page 4
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