Show Y J S SARE Sy y ARE ARE- HELD AT ATi r i F Fr r VERDUN VERDU F French hG Gain all F. F Footing in In Caullette Wood After Several Engagements Last Night Is Is Claimed o- o LOSSES ARE HEAVY Three e Lines Are Halted by Defenders Under T Terrific Artille Artillery y a and andI d I Machine Gun t Play IN P PARIS April S.-In S. 5 5 In tn yesterdays yesterday's yester yester- F days day's fighting a around Verdun the 7 Germans Germans- lost considerable I ground and and again sustained I t he heavy vy cas casualties tt es notwithstanding I the new fonn formation of their attacking parties At 3 p p. p m m. after the ground had bad been be battered by several hundred tons of ot projectiles a thin line of ot riflemen debouched debouch d from Chauffeur Chaufour wood just northwest est of ot The Germans Germans Germans Ger Ger- mans mans advanced by short bounds toward the the French trenches situated about yards yard south of ot the village A second and a third line Une followed 5 i at equal distances with mall supporting supporting sup- sup 10 porting and attacking columns in the rear This formation has been noticed noticed no no- during the last few few- days and andIs andis is Is regarded by the French as proof that the Germans have been sorely pun punished shed in their previous assaults in r serried ranks But the change proved ineffective t The first line of riflemen advanced to toj j within wit ln fifty yards ards of or the French trenches and there had to drop to the ground under heavy heay blasts of i shrapnel and sus sustained ne musketry The second and third lines attempted to advance to the support of the first line Une but were stopped far In the rear by machine gun fire r- r Shrapnel W Works arks Havoc The The Germans In the first line were in a a very critical position Shrapnel worked havoc avo among them To Tot t charge was out of or the question andas and andas andas as long Jong as as- they remained at the poInt point to o which they ha had advanced they were M exposed to a decimating fire lire The sec sec- second f ond and and th third lines were little better off for they were within within- range of the French three-inch three guns The entire entire entire en en- tire attacking force finally adopted the only move open re retreating und under undera r ra a raking fire to Chauffour Chauffeur wood Th They y left half halt their number on the field At least three regiments took part partIn partin In the attack Chauffeur Chauffour wood proved to be he an insecure insecure insecure in in- secure shelter for lor the French artillery artillery artil artil- lery increasing its ran range e covered that entire area It demolished shelters and piled up the German losses S c New Formations F Fail il The action of yesterday is regarded by military critics as of ot great significance significance cance showing ng that the Germans even with their their new new formation are unable to escape the furious responses of Continued on page 2 1 1 ARE HELD L Continued from page e 1 t f f. f Jcu h artillery that the French position po po- po- po though they may be vulnerable as li certain local and exposed points shaken shalen and that the French c counter unter offensive Is effective ITlie French gained ground north of ot S t wood northeast of Verdun In S. S the course ouse of several sc engagements during the night the tle war office an announced in- in this till afternoon West cst est of of the Meuse euse there were no events of importance Twenty mines which were thrown Into the Meuse at St. St by the Germans German were exploded by the French with no damage cial Statement The te tet t of the communication fol- fol i In Isi the Argonne there has been een a hand han grenades in In the sector sector sector sec sec- tor between cen Bolante and Fille Morte Ve We e caused the explosion of twoS two mines which damaged an enemy trench West Vest of the Meuse last night passed r relative calm i lEast East of or the river we took part In p fI vcra veral engagements during the course o of wll which h we made progress In the con con- trench north of ot wood In Inthe the there has hag been an intense in intense in in- tense bombardment between ville yule and The TIse Germans threw Into the Meuse north of St. St Mihiel two twenty-two mines These floated floated float float- ed pd down and were exploded by us withoUt without with wIth- out causing any damage lIn in n tho the Lorraine the Germans after a violent bombardment of ot our positions between and St. St Martin de delivered de- de livered several small infantry attacks a against v various points in this sector The enemy enem was everywhere thrown back by our machine guns and artil arUl lery In the a reconnaissance In irs on the part of ot the enemy who were endeavoring to reach our trenches southeast of ot Celles was easily dis dis- dis persed In the region of ot Verdun French aeroplanes on April 4 engaged in no fessey than fifteen aerial combats durIng durIng during dur dur- ing the course of ot wl which ch a double motored motored mo mo- German machine was brought down near the Pond of ot Four Four- neaux laux Another German machine fell feU down near the woo wood of Filly and a third third- German aeroplane fell vertically to the ground All the French pilots got back without suffering damage During the night of ot 4 3 April one ono of ot our aerial squadrons threw down fourtEen fourteen four teen shells on the railroad station elation at nt and five others other on the barracks barracks bar bar- racks of the tho enemy at |