Show AWFUL SLAUGHTER IN ill HIM BATTLE FRENCH MAINTAIN POSITIONS AND HURL BACK ATTACK AFTER ATTACK half million men engage in sanguinary drive while doth both sides are ara sending reinforcements hopi ing to turn tide tida of battle london in tho the great battlo battle centering around verdun in which halt half a million men aro are engaged champney ville to the west and tho the fortified fortl fled works of to tho the east cast of 0 fort Donau mout have been captured by the germans berlin also claims to have captured the coto do talou to the west ot of Don Ion aumont but according to the tha french official statement tho the artillery fara coming from both sides has hall rendered red this position untenable fo tor either french or germans the french are hurling attack after attack upon the Don aumont positions hold held iby by tho the germans germana who are arc declared to bo be maintaining thorn them selves there with difficulty but in the region to the east cast ol of verdun the french advanced posts havo have been largo reinforcements are being brought up probably iby both forces land it is reported that tho the british lines aro are being extended la in belgium beau ill and fance la in order that french troops may bo be released tor for the verdun battle the th fighting there has settled down to a terrific slaughter according to advices advises received from ah xh tho 0 battlo front aront approximately twenty army divisions have been thrown into tho tan battlo battle by the ger mans while tho the french troops number fifteen divisions the messages cay tho the french aro are now sten steadily dily driving tho enemy past Ion aumont despite his spasmodic spAs rallies safiya a a cable nies sage from franco france received nt at ottawa ont by general sir sam bata ir hughes minister of militia in view ot of tho the fact that tho the message said nothing of regaining or holding fort Don aumont general hughes la is of the opinion that the fortification has been reduced to ruins by five determined attempts ignado toy by french troops to recapture front from tho the germans Geri nans port fort do Don aumont ono one of tho the outlying verdun fortifications were repulsed sunday with sanguinary losses according to tho the german headquarters staff |