BRANDENBURGERS SECURELY TRAPPED AT DOUAUMONT
FRENCH WAITING FOR FAMINE TO DO ITS WORK. GERMAN LOSSES ESTIMATED AT 150,000. / RENEWAL OF THE ASSAULT ANTICIPATED. ~. By Telcgraph-PreM Association-Copyright. .-'.. . .-v". '-. ' .'.' ' (Received March 8, 11 D.m.) " . ' ■ ;.';.-. , , -'~,. - , London, March 2. . ; : .; Paris newspapers agree that the slackening infantry operations ""' near Verdun is only an ; interlude, 'and that ' the Germans will come Von again. ;It is estimated that the Germans have already lost 150,000. v ■ The Brandenburgers are securely trapped in the ruins: of Fort ' Douaumont, and the . French, to avoid useless slaughter, are awaiting -. for famine to do its work. ; .. , : - . ';': •'■■"'•-■•■■ The 1 Paris correspondent of ! the London Daily Telegraph states, ; .. that the remnants of the Brandenburgers are ! hemmed in on all sides, and cannot obtain food or ammunition.; Desperate attempts to relieve
'. them have failed. ,"'.'..;' .'.,; : -•„■•-' ■.- ~ ,•.;.-
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New Zealand Herald, Volume LIII, Issue 16169, 4 March 1916, Page 7
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