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Show FRENCH REPULSE STRONG ATTACKS MADE BY GERMANS PARIS, Sept. 28, 12:30 p. m. A strong attack was made by the Germans last night on the Verdun front, between Thiaumont and Fleury. The war office announced today that the assault had been repulsed with heavy Josses for the Germans. On the Somme front French batteries are actively bombarding the German positions. The announcement follows: , On the pHjmme front our batteries i continued actively to bombard Ger-! Ger-! man organizations. There was no infantry in-fantry action during the night. On the right bank of the Meuse (Verdun front), a strong German attack at-tack was delivered during the night against the Thiaumont-Fleury front. I The attackers sustained a sanguinary defeat under the fire of our machine guns and artillery. Everywhere else the night was calm. ' |