KILLING FIVE TO ONE.
ATTRITION 'AT VERDUN. GREAT GERMAN LOSSES. FRENCH WITHDRAWAL. (Received March 4. 1.15 a.m.) London, March 3. The preliminary German bombardment before the attack on Verdun lasted 120 hours, and was conducted almost wholly by heavy guns. The French front was terribly battered, and the fire on the second line made it difficult to get food up. A Isin shell burst near a battery of 75' a in a little wood near Fleury. AH the gunners were killed or wounded. One German army corps (40,000 to 55j000) north of Verdun has been reduced to 3000. The French losses in ten days were slight compared with the German. Prisoners estimatae that five Germans were killed to one Frenchman. The French President has visited Verdun, and congratulated the troops. The French have evacuated Somogneux, north of Verdun, between Brabant and Charny.
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New Zealand Herald, Volume LIII, Issue 16169, 4 March 1916, Page 8
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