THE GERMANS FAIL AT MORTHOMME.
ENORMOUS LOSSES IN VERDUN BATTLES GERMANY'S PLIGHT DESPERATE. * SHELL JUST MISSES THE KAISER. TO-DAY'S CABLES STATE THAT A GERMAN 'ATTACK, WITH LIQUID FIRE, AT MORTHOMME, WAS REPULSED WITH HEAVY LOSSES. A DESCRIPTION OF THREE BIG ASSAULTS AT VERDUN SHOWS THAT THEY ENDED IN DEFEAT. AUTHORITATIVE FIGURES SHOW THAT THE GERMAN LOSSES AT VERDUN APPROXIMATE 50' PER CENT OF THE MEN ENGAGED. COLONEL REPINGTON SAYS THAT THE GERMANS ARE DESPERATE, AND MAY ATTEMPT AN INVASION OF BRITAIN. SWISS REPORTS STATE THAT A SHELL AT VERDUN JUST MISSED THE KAISER AND HIS STAFF. THE KAISER LEFT HURRIEDLY FOR POTSDAM, AND HE MAY BE INJURED OR BADLY SHAKEN.
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Star (Christchurch), Issue 11672, 12 April 1916, Page 1
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