| Show I G Germans L Lose se in Verdun Assaults LONDON Feb 25 Continuing their tremendous drive against Verdun in one of the greatest battles of the the Germans Have penetrated within rifle shot eliot of the outer forts and are only five miles from the great French stronghold Itself It Is expected the battle will last for many days yet The French admit a further withdrawal withdrawal withdrawal with with- before the furious onslaughts of the Germans and the loss of Bra- Bra Meuse sur and Or Or- nes flea The Germans also now hold the vii vil lages of Hautmont Be Beaumont r t and Fifty thousand men have been lost by the Germans in the assaults which are rolling like mighty waves of the sea against the defenses of Verdun according to some military experts Furious Counterattacks Furious counterattacks been launched by the French north of Verdun Verdun Verdun Ver Ver- dun to win back positions lost to the Germans on Tuesday and Wednesday At some points however the trenches were so badly battered by artillery fire that no effort was made bY the French to retake them Instead of counterattacks counterattacks counterattacks counter counter- attacks the French artillery developed a heavy fire against these positions and some were voluntarily abandoned by the Germans There Is bloody fighting oyer a front twenty five miles long from Malan- Malan Malancourt court west of the Meuse Mouse to Etain In Inthe inthe inthe the northern sector of the dis dis- dis- dis This line runs runs past Bois mont Bole Bois des Casses Ornes Maucourt Maucourt Mau Mau- court and I crossing the fa famous famous famous fa- fa fighting sphere known as the heights of the Meuse Malancourt l Is eight mlle miles northwest of Verdun and Etain Is ten miles northeast of the city Long trains of wounded are being transported back hack across the German frontier r according to news dispatches I de described described de'- de' tonight The German losses are scribed as enormous employing three to The Germans are foot of the four infantrymen on every front where the fighting is fiercest on ona ona Ona a front eight miles long extending from Brabant to Ornes both of which they have t taken ken Despite their tremendous attacks the Germans are still held within the first line the Frencl Frencl Frencq declare and there are three other lines behind the first more elaborate and even stron stronger |
