Show FRENCH SALIENT m iff AT men NI G H T GERMANS PAIL FAIL TO CLOSE THE NECK OF THE SACK AND BAG MEN after all day attack succeed in entering the french trenches only to be driven out by frenchmen P paris ris the bethancourt Bethin court salient which for weeks had projected like a wedge into the gerwan german lines northwest of verdun has been evacuated b by y the french the evacuation was carried out under cover of darkness and wl without phout interference ter ference and the french through the move have been enabled to straighten out their line which chic h now runs from the corner of the avocourt Avo court wood to the south of the crossing of the bettincourt esnes and bethin court C chattancourt hattan court roads violent attacks delivered all day by the germans against the new positions found the french line unwavering and all of them were repulsed except between wood and the forges brook where the germans succeeded in entering the french trenches but were almost immediate oy by driven out northeast of verdun around pepper hill and on the vaux sector the germans heavily bombarded french positions but were unable to launch an infantry attack in the face of the fire of the french guns the capture of metres of german trenches southwest of Dou aumont Is r reported by parts paris on the rest of the lines in france and belgium artillery duels alone have abeen in progress the offensive of the russians against the germans in northwest russia has simmered down to mutual bombardments and bombing attacks by the german and russian aviators artillery actions in the lake region continue |