SUSPENSION OF GERMAN OFFENSIVE AT VERDUN.

New Zealand Herald, Volume LIII, Issue 16268, 29 June 1916, Page 7

SUSPENSION OF GERMAN OFFENSIVE AT VERDUN.

ASCRIBED TO ACTIVITY OF BRITISH ARTILLERY.

GAIN AT THIAUMONT DISPROPORTIONATE TO LOSSES. (Reeived June 28. 11.30 p.m.) PARIS . JUNE 27 . F T^ e Premier ' M - Briand, who has returned from a visit to the mr. ? { r °f as brought reports of the splendid preparedness and orale of the British troops, which have filled France with confidence nd encouragement. The newspaper Le Temps states that it is now tne ; Urn , of the Germans to submit to a ceaseless hail of shells. They must understand that they are no longer masters. olonel Rousset, writing in the newspaper Liberte, says: "The recent British artillery attack was formidable. The British Army o- ay is a redoubtable force and the Germans were so anxious that the ■violence of the bombardment at Verdun slackened." PARIS, JUNE 27. The newspaper Petit Parisien calls attention to the German description of British guns thundering furiously from end to end of the front and adds that possibly there is some connection between is and the suspension of the German offensive on the Meuse. The British army is formidable, and the Germans are unable to deny the offensive powers of Earl Kitchener's armies. i /AV e ™-° fficial1 y Stated that the violent German effort between last Wednesday and Saturday in the Thiaumont-Fleury sector, costing sanguinary losses, was completely disproportionate to the results It momentarily exhausted the Germans, evenythe botabardment is slackening on both banks of the Meuse except in the region of Hill 304, where a vigorous duel continues.