VERDUN.
OFFENSIVE MAY BE ABANDONED. FRENCH ATTACK ON METZ FORESTALLED. AMSTERDAM, April 17. German newspapers hint at the abandonment of the attempts on Verdun, declaring that the German move was intended merely lo forestall a tremendous French offensive against Metz planned for yesterday. The French calculation of German losses are declared to be absurd. The correct figures are not given but it is stated that 90 per cent of the Germans wounded at Verdun will be able to return to the front. GLORY OF ARMS. “WE SHALL BEAT THEM.” PARIS, April 17. General Petain, after the action on the 9th inst., issued un order: “This day in the glory of arms our infantry, artillery, engineers and aviators have rivalled each other with heroism everywhere, breaking the Crown Prince’s soldiers’ furious assaults. Doubtless they will attack again; therefore work and watch, and achieve the same success. Have courage; we shall beat them. ”
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Waipawa Mail, Volume XXXVI, Issue 7709, 18 April 1916, Page 3
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