Show GE 1 in FAIL GAIN at HOUN SUSTAIN TERRIBLE LOSSES AFTER WEEK OF FURIOUS CHARGES AGAINST ALLIES charge aga n and aga n with grim nat naton on and sold ers ere still hope to break through lines then on to pans paris the furious assault upon verdun by the germans continues after a week of the most desperate fighting in which according to all reports both si sides des have suffered heavy losses the germans claim that they are advancing as rapidly as could be ex pecked and that they will yet beat back the allied forces and then on to par s will again be the slogan of the german soldiers from pans paris comes the declaration that the germans in their assaults at verdun are using several sorts of burning liquid projectors one of these ism the form ot of a small tank which Is earned carried on the back and Is filled led with a composition liquid which seems to be mostly kerosene at cached to the bozle is an igniting ap the liquid is projected elected pr by means of a hand pump the radius of action of the oil depends upon the skill and the physical effort of the man who projects it but it is ardi harily from sixty to ninety feet some french soldiers have been burned to a crisp by the flaming liquid other chemical weapons used by the germans in this battle include as shells vapors which irrl tate the eye and incendiary shells it is stated semi at paris that the situation as a result of this second phase of the german offensive is regarded as altogether different from that of the first days of the bat tie tle the only progress made by the germans was during the first two days of the second attack for the last few days they have not advanced the comparison also is in favor of the french by reason of 0 the tact fact that the germans now have lost the ad vantage of surprise and because the ground has been torn up to such an extent that it cannot be organized properly this information from semiofficial sources points out that it must be demoralizing to the germans to see some 40 to 50 corpses of their comrades lying before the french lines in front of the village of vaux alone 4 german corpses were counted after the eighth unsuccessful attack this part of the battle though over shadowed by the fight tor for Dou amont is regarded in paris as a serious check tor for the attackers the germans car ned ried on the assault with great courage until the dead lay thick on the field an account of the present situation around verdun written by lord northcliffe is published in n the london times the writer believes the con flicht there has not yet reached the cli max of intensity and that the ger mans will face even greater losses and resort to new expedients before accepting repulse nevertheless lord northcliffe e s viewpoint is optimistic he dilates on the slightness of the french losses as compared with those of the germans the german losses he estima estimates tes at men |