FIERCE FIGHTING CONTINUES.
INCESSANT BOMBARDMENT KEPT UP. ' , PARIS, Mhich 1. Fighting-, continues on the lines held since Friday, across Poivre* Crest ■thxxmgh Douauanont to Vaux West. An f Incessant and frightful bombardment' is "kept up on both sides. } A further retirement of 1£ miles to Froidteai're is expected. Douaitmont is still the heart of the f urnace. After being repeatedly stopped and decimated in frontal attacks the enemy is endeavoring to penetrate the eastern i-idgeof hills near Vaux. with supporting assaults from • the; Woevre. . Columns in infantry 'are also being launched repeatedly against the r.uins_ of Douaumont village. ■ ; .
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Poverty Bay Herald, Volume XLIII, Issue 13931, 2 March 1916, Page 3
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98FIERCE FIGHTING CONTINUES. Poverty Bay Herald, Volume XLIII, Issue 13931, 2 March 1916, Page 3
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