Salt Lake Telegram | 1916-02-28 | Page 1 | Teutons Retain Fort Douaumont; Make Big Gains

REI RETAIN AIN FORT MAKE BIG GAINS Fresh Allies Allies' Reserves Exhausted Ex Ei hausted in Assault Against Fortress B BERLIN Feb 28 by wireless l lo to o Sayville The Th The capture of of-Na- of varin farm in iii the the Champagne was as announced by the war Avar office offic t today day French positions on on n both sides of farm over a a. front o of cf about 1600 yards were ere taken It It-is It Is said more mor than 1000 men and nine machine guns were were- captured In th the Verdun region fresh French rench reserves were exhausted In fruitless efforts efforts' Fort For Germans advanced their s- s urt r toward Bras and N anc and made fresh tresh gains in the Woe t e. e It is said that all alt French Preach tro troop p have nave been driven from th the Meuse Meuse The text of the German official statement reads There have been exceedingly vio yb- io lent artillery engagements at several pie places ces On the tile front n rth of t Arras Arras' there has been intermittent mining activity The Germans blew nn un up about forty The Germans blew nn un up about forty meters of ot an enemy position In In the Champagne the time Germans after efficient artillery preparation be began be- be gan gao an attack on both sides of tug tile road load from fm-em Somme-Py Somme to They captured the farm and French positions on both sides about 1600 meters long and took prisoner twentysix twenty- twenty six officers and 1009 men and captured nine machine guns and one mine thrower In the Verdun district new masses masse concentrated by the enemy were ex ex cx- hausted in Unsuccessful attempt to attack the Germans in and near the fortress of or and mont The Tile Germans have cleared the Meuse peninsula of or enemy forces The Germans advanced their lines Unes further in the direction of yule and BrasIn BrasIn Bras In In the the foot toot of Cote CoteLo Jor Lor Lorraine name raine was was' reached from the east Pat at several places t