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Show oo MILITARY CRITIC COMMENTS UPON VERDUN BATTLE Berlin, via wireless to Sayville, March 2. Major Moraht. military critic of that Berliner Tageblatt, commenting com-menting on the Verdun battle, says the defensive front of Verdun on the j north and east has been reduced to about sixty square kilometers, which : gives the Germans an excellent advantage ad-vantage for their concentric artillery fire and the employment of their troops. The writer, according to the Overseas Over-seas News agency, pays tribute to the bravery of the French troops In coming com-ing to "iron grips' with the Germans, but says, "A race of military valor perishes before Verdun or drags itself it-self crippled home." |