FUTILE GERMAN ATTACKS.

Otago Witness, Issue 3244, 17 May 1916, Page 22

FUTILE GERMAN ATTACKS.

MORT HOMME SLOPES. PARIS, May 12. A communique states : The Germans during the night twice vainly attempted to recapture their positions on the western slopes of Mort Homme. SITUATION AT VERDUN. PARIS, May 13. A communique states : We have appreciably extended our position south-east of Haucourt. We completely repulsed an attack south-east of Douaumont fort. Another communique states : We further progressed at night in the vicinity of Hill 287. The enemy renewed its attack on the trenches south-east of Fort Douaumont, but were repulsed with serious German losses. Other attempts on positions north of Thiaumont farm were stopped by cur curtain of fire. A communique states : We repulsed a German attack west of Hill 304, and frustrated a German coup-de-main on the north-east slopes of Mort Homme. An aeroplane dropped 11 shells on the airship sheds at Metz-Frescaty. THE BRITISH LINES. LONDON, May 13. Sir Douglas Haig reports : The enemy on Wednesday evening captured about 500 yards of trenches north-east of Vermelles. A counter-attack at night recovered a portion of the lost ground. Sir Douglas Haig reports:—The Germans heavily bombarded our trenches between the Somme and Maricourt, and delivered three attacks. One penetrated our trenches, but the intruders were immediately expelled, Laving many dead. There are trench and mortar actions for the remainder of the front, especially at Hebuterne, Souchez, Carency, Hohenzollern, and St. Eloi. GERMAN OFFICIAL REPORT. AMSTERDAM, May 12. A German communique states : Palatinate troops stormed several British lines south-east of the Hohenzollern redoubt, taking 127 prisoners. The enemy losses were sanguinary, especially in the counterattack.