Show FRENCH SET of BY GENERALS GEHL SHARP ATTACK at al VERDUN OVERCOMES POWER PUL FUL DEFENSE OF GERMANS thousands of german i prisoners poured into the french lines during days fighting many cannon being Cap captured lured paris A short sharp battle brought to the french on saturday their third smashing within two wo months in the vicinity obvert ot vei edun buu every objective ot of the frencl commanders was obtained although the germ germans I 1 offered a deg de defense the attack was so BO pow erful there was no withstanding 14 it with the result that the germane german were pushed back along the line bythe by preach french who only ceased on orders when the objectives had been gained thousands ol of german germa n prison prisoners erl poured into the french lines during the day including officers and are silla still arriving the total count already Is one division along captured more than 1200 germans german within an hour imore than eighty cannon were captured or destroyed the villages of Vacher vacherauville auville lour vemont and Beson vaux and bardau mont goodnow Wood now are in french hands the front was ten kilometers long when the fighting ceased owing to ta the darkness the french advance had exceeded an average of three kilometers along the whole front froat at at various points rushing further out the battle began at 10 in the morning with the left flank of the french opposite Vacher vacherauville auville and the right flank on fort vaux general mangin was again the prin pipal organizer of the victory in w which aich he followed his own example at donau mont and fort vaux by delivering lr ir resistible blows at atthe the chief point int in the german lines an and d hammering until ills his opponents were forced to give i ground round generals nivelle and petain watched Nat ched the engagement in which only tour four french divisions participated although it Is known the germans had five divisions engaged from every regiment of which prisoners were taken it is reported without confirmation that several of the german divisional which took part in the fighting weter hurried from roumania Rou manla nania to rejoin the crown princes army and that they were among tto those s suffering defeat |