In the West.

Stratford Evening Post, Volume XXX, Issue 50, 2 June 1916, Page 5

In the West.

GERMANS' NEW THRUST. FORTIFIED ZONE IMPOSSIBLE. SEEKING PASSAGE IN THE CHATTANCOURT DISTRICT. Unites Press Association. (Received 8.55 a.m.) Paris, June 1. Semi-official.—The Germans are apparently renouncing all hope of taking the fortified zone between Avocourt Wood and Hill 304. They now seek another passage through the Chattanctourt district. We have eased the enemy's pressure at Mort Homme. 300,000 SHELLS DAILY. MILLION MEN AT VERDUN SINCE FEBRUARY 21. (Received 8.55 a.m.) Paris, June 1, The Germans are hurling 300,000 shells of the largest calibre daily on the narrow section between the west bank of the Meuse and a point northeast of Mort Homme. It is computed that since February 21, tlie Germans brought up to the Yerdun front, nearly one million men.