THE WEST FRONT
ATTACKS ON VERDUN MAINTAINED.
GAINS ON BOTH SIDES. PARIS, April 10. A communique states: Operations on April 9 (Sunday) marked the first great enemy attempt at a general offensive along a front exceeding 20 kilometres. The Germans obtained no appreciable results, considering their losses, to which .the bodies heaped up in front of our lines bear witness. There was a violent bombardment west « of the Meuse throughout the night, especially at Hill 304. The enemy's attack at Morthomme ■ yesterday was repulsed with important losses, but it enabled the Germans to penetrate our advanced trenches on Hill 295 for a length, of 500 metres. There was an> exceedingly sharp struggle east of the Meuse during the night, in the little wood Fontaine St. Martin. We made progress along the enemy's communication trenches south of Douaumont.
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Otago Daily Times, Issue 16667, 12 April 1916, Page 5
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