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Show Crown Prince Delivers 1 Two Powerful Infan-I try Attacks Simultane- ously on Both Sides of the Meuse, Which Are Repulsed by the French. GERMANS WIN EAST OF RIVER Battle Rages All Day, and at Its Close the Invaders Had Captured the Entire Town of Vaux and Driven Their Way Into the Caillette Wood. Sped a Cif t tr AmuBHineat it b London D J T ( iph ind n f m n ow Serf e LONDON April The German i Ei-owti nffie oJay tar od hia pro . gramme of aJternatin attach a bj tfe li eriQE two powerful infantry assaults s ciGltane ously on both b des of the Mdiisn To the west of the nrer tbe attacks vere d reeled against the French pos ton n the Avoeourt woods two miles south of Malancourt All of these ac cordmff to the French m dn t Etate ment vera rep leed To tha east of the stream however the G-erniana "were victor oub scor ng their neatest of several days Battle Rages All Day There the battle raged all day and at its close tbe Germans d great force had captured the ent re tovra of Vans e 1 m lea northeast of Verdun and driven the r way nto the Ca llette wood three m leu nearer the groat fortress The French nese t that they sue reeded n eiectiDg the Ger nana from la t of the wood b an mraed ate eoun ter a tack but artm t that they ha p evaluated the ast n ned houses of Vaux Attack Extremely Violent The violence of the German attacks upon the French position between Fort' Douaun ont and Vaux waa unprece dente- 1 They were not only preceded by a bombardn eut of extreme violence but were carried ont by 25 000 of the crown pr nee 9 p eked men who swept forward n four reat masses from as many directions The Germans today announce that they took more than 700 prisoners n the f ght n of Ft day around Malan co rt and captured 100 ards of trenches n the Hanronrt wooda wh ch are part of Malancourt forest FRENCH REPORT ADMITS SLIGHT GERMAN GAINS PART 5 Apnl 1 0 p m T Ge maris launched hs v att&rkn ln o da asHlnat th French Pos Hons, both to the et and east of the Meuae To the west the attack was repu aed hut to the eaet in tl b nelahborhood of Fort Douaumont. the BiBaultiir forces were ab e to penetrate the C&tllette wood lylngr to the south From tho northern part of the wood they were almost Imrned atfly ejected hT French conn e attacks. The official statement on these opers tons iaaued ton ght by the war office reads Be ween the Somme and the O se ou artl lerv was partieula y a 11 p In the refflon of Parvll era Pouquen court and Laealffnv where German trenches were shattered by our f re Weil of the Meueo the Germans launched neveral powerful attarka on a. corner of the Avocourt wood. All the aaaaulte were repn Bed by our barrier fire and the rlre of our moll mo-ll ne guns Four Attacks at Once T car 'i ! a h a o rhoti e En ed hrouhou he a h on of DJirau non antf auv The Germane after a horn hard ment of extreme, violence with Co.tn.ued on Pao Te) TEUTONS SUCCEED i BG BID GAINS (ContlDUtied from Faga Odh) ahe 1 of neav a lie d et: p on I a n u IflnutniK a a lis w h effee ea j of mo e ban one d a on 0 ou PHH t ona between To t to aun out and t e aso of au Sou haaa of Fo DrjUiiu -nun t e pent a ed Ca e te wood b on oun e a tacks do e ed mmed a e y d 0 o hem ba k n e no e n pa oE t e iood o h of Vb on ne un; n on e mmed a e on sk a of he age e a u nerf bouses of n e a a u ed In e Wort c 0 e 0 s bee n e n ten a t e ac no Ids T.e Pre re An av a k b oog oirn b ou apec snna e i t n p Ge "ih nea In e Mi ppb the f p of o hat e ca cauaed e e p oh 0 nf a mu n 0111 depo ca1) Of Re ch Ackc kopf west of Mucna er Tiench Anmen Drop Bombs La ft n ght a homhn d n anuad on rjp pd fte y e h ahe R on he ra oad a on s L a n am3 e voua a eatab td n he o sk a of a v a ej of i, an on T e aan c n gh tb ee of our ae op anes d opped wentj 0 ah a ih ch caused Ume o s f 0 n he v a ea zan ne and P eu ea on the eu?e Today (Ap 2 ou a a o a b ought do n h eo encn v ma nes on t o erdun f ont To o t Ger man ae op an b tfe h con ptL ed o and p ec p a a y n he ao e pr ou Flna v a D achen naa bro din n f amep by one of on ae op Fines The Be a off e a o n u a 0 read a he Pe an a e bo ba ed du tik en Eht hp Ge man pot ona a er ken Toda e e aa a "v o en ery ae o n e ae 0 east of RamHcape e a nil n the d cc o of D mude |