FIGHTING NORTH OF VERDUN

New Zealand Herald, Volume LIII, Issue 16169, 4 March 1916, Page 7

FIGHTING NORTH OF VERDUN

GERMAN ATTACKS REPULSED. PLIGHT OF BRANDENBURGERS. ... \ . "■ -\; l-v- . ■ BRITISH WIN BACK TRENCHES. MORE MEN LANDED AT SALONIKA. Following the lull on the Verdun fronts, a renewal of activity Is reported. German infantry attacks at Douaumont I and Poivre Hill have been repulsed, while ground lost In the , ~ Woevre was immediately retaken by the French. The French line north of the fortress has now been solidly reorganised, and the French are waiting for the unfolding of the enemy's plan. They anticipate that the Germans will come on again, ,V The Brandenburgers who are in the ruins of Fort Douau- . Mont are securely trapped. The French, to avoid loss, are waiting for famine to do its work. All attempts to relieve the Brandenburgers have, failed. / The German losses at Verdun are estimated at 150,000. > V'' The French line has not been weakened elsewhere, having regard to the possibility of the fighting at; Verdun being merely a diversion. . .; " v '■■:."".•'■..;.'■•- ,; \.'.;. The Italian Chamber of Deputies has decided to send a ■ ; telegram to the French army at Verdun affirming.that the r allies are fighting one common enemy on common fronts. I ' British attacks won back the trenches near the Ypres-./ v / Comines Canal, lost on February 14, also some fresh ground. •- One hundred and eighty prisoners were taken. Reinforcements are landing at Salonika in larger numbers ; than ever, The Servians are' expected shortly.; Very large • ' British forces are now in Egypt.. ' : _ -< The Russians have made further progress in Armenia. , Civilians are leaving Trebizond, on the Black Sea, owing to ./their approach. . - - ; vlt is reported in Washington that a British cruiser has , ' captured the German raider Moewe in the South Atlantic.