| Show I AT AT MAY DECIDE WAR Lose Men in F Four cir Days' Days Att Attack I Ion I on on F Fortress TO PARIS x f Alli Allies s' s Break h j 1 Phase of War SM May j I Be Changed 1 1 I LO LONDON D N Feb Feu 26 TIle The The importance ta England of tho battle attle raging a aroun around out q I was emphasized by MaJ Sir ancis Lloyd general officer com- com anding the tim London district In a at the opening of a a at t Wimbledon ledon In the great eat war which 1 Is now l Pro pro- ro- ro said eald General Lloyd every must st give up s self Jf a absolutely tely nd hd all must unite in one bond to make he tie Ie war result in victory Do Do you O reale real- real fee te e that a fight is now going jon on for a to Paris The result will hang hangI n I the balance until the is s riven back as I have great confidence e 0 will be But If it once o our r allys ally's line Une is pierced LO e way will be open to the French and If Jf that capital Is re reached a ew complexion would be put on the thole face of ot the war and on our lives Uve nd being A German success on the ther rinch r front froit would not merely mean meane be e loss of Paris but would endanger ondon PARIS Feb 26 The The German losses the first tour sour days of the battle round V Verdun are authoritatively authoritatively- estl- estl at The German offensive Js s recognized ow as proba probably lY only the beginning ot of r determined effort to take the fortress r the key to the French front nd md compares In violence and losses Josses to he battle o of the The French as- as ume time that the battle may continue a a. Jay It Is believed the calm last night was a lull required by the attacking to b bury ry their dead carry off he wounded and ad bring up reserves to ake the place of divisions half halt de- de troyed by French artillery and mahine mahine mahine ma- ma hine guns The German forces are to be at least supported y numerous inch fifteen-inch and seven- seven inch een-inch Austrian mortars with all he heavy artillery used In the Serbian and part of that formerly on the Russian front lower of the Army Preparations f 1 the battles battle w were wre wree re ob- ob bened b- b ened e ed early arlY in December when the he first troops troops' assigned to the operation I were ere ere brought up These were the best troops C of- of tho ot-tho the tho I erman army including as it is earned from prisoners the famous bird Phird corps corps corps' of at Brandenburg supposed- supposed y equal In valor to the Prussian P guard nd ind the Fifteenth army corps commanded com corn landed by General von DeImlIng mown in France as one of ot the most brilliant of the German general cers ers William in Command The resoluteness of the Germans to capture the fortress is explained by th the fascination that the name Verdun has had on the minds of ot the German Gennan people since 1792 and the consequent moral value of its its' fall to the Germans This psychological reason in the Judgment of ot high official critics explains the presence of ot Emperor William behind the troops and the orders of the day issued to the army by the crown prince and ad the generals The French compare compare com corn pare the ground gained by the Germans Germans Germans Ger Ger- mans during the four days with twice that amount t taken ken by the French Frenc in inI inthe inthe I the first two day days o of their offensive In lit Champagne tog together ther with eight times the tho number of prisoners The confidence dence of the French is unshaken by the fierce attacks and the bending in of th the thc French line Une Tho The military critic of the Temps Temp r re reports ports that heavy French ments have been brought up LI ut Col Leonie Ionie Rousset another military critic elates s a conversation on he lie had with a a. surgeon Just returned rom from Verdum Ver Ver- dun dum On February 22 during the present present pres pres- ent battle tho the surgeon saw an entire brigade which was advancing in close order caught by the concentrated fire of ot French batteries and annihilated in ina a- a few afew minutes |
