THE POMERANIAN FORCES.

Otago Witness, Issue 3244, 17 May 1916, Page 20

THE POMERANIAN FORCES.

LONDON, May 9. ! The Daily Telegraph's Paris corre= spondent states that the German ar= til'ery at Verdun is the most powerful yet employed, but the waning power of the German infantry is unable to hold the ground thus cleared in face of the French infantry's furious coun= ter=attack. The Pomeranians, to whom the forlorn hope was allotted, were withdrawn from the Champagne, where they had been intended to lead an offensive. THE VERDUN LOSSES. AMSTERDAM, May 10. In consequence of the losses sustained at Verdun the Germans attaining 17 years i of age in April have been summoned for immediate enlistment. The news has caused discontent in the German upper and middle classes, who are complaining that it denudes the country of the best youths now at college. GERMAN OFFICIAL REPORT. AMSTERDAM, May 9. A. German communique states : We I stormed .several trenches south of Hau- ; court. We repulsed French attempts to i regain their lost trenches on Hill 304. We also repulsed attacks in the vicinity of Thiaumont, inflicting leavy losses, and capturing nine machine guns. HIGH COMMISSIONER'S REPORT. LONDON, May 9. Between the Oise and the Aisne we repulsed a coup de main directed on our works south of Autreches. In the Argonne, in the region of Bolante, we took two small posts, the occupants of which had been killed. We also occupied several craters in front of these posts. In the Woevre a lively exchange of grenades took place in the Forest of Apremont, also in the Fecht Valley, in the Vosges.