Show GERMANS FAIL TO GAIN AT N SUSTAIN TERRIBLE LOSSES AFTER WEEK OF FURIOUS CHAR CHARGES AGAINST ALLIES charge again and again with grim determination and soldiers still hope t to 0 break through L lines I 1 nee then on to paris the furious assault upon verdun by the beimans aci mans continues after a week of tho the most desperate sperato dc fighting in which according to all reports both sides havo have suffered heavy lossel the germans claim that they are advancing as rapidly as could bo be expected and that they will yet beat back the allied forces and then on to paris will obain again be the slogan blogin ot of tho the german soldiers from paris comes the declaration that the germans in their assaults at verdun are using several sorts of burning liquid projectors ono one of these Is in tho the form of a small tank which is ia carried on the back and Is tilled filled with a composition liquid which seems to be mostly kerosene attached to tho the nozlo is an igniting apparatus pa ratus the liquid Is projected by means ot 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 ordinarily from sixty to ninety feet somo 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 fril irritate the eye and incendiary shells it Is stated semi officially 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 daya of the battle tho the only progress made by the germans was luring during the 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 the fact that the Ger germans matis now have lost the advantage of surprise and because the ground has been torn tom up to such an extent that it cannot bo be organized properly this information from semiofficial semi official sources source a points out that it must be demoralizing to the germans to see some to corpses of their comrades lying before the french lines in front of the village of vaux alone german corpses were counted after the tha eighth unsuccessful attack this part of the battle though overshadowed by the fight tor for Dou amont is regarded in paris as a serious check for the attackers the germans carried on the assault with great courage until the dead lay thick on the held field an account of the present situation around verdun writ written texi by lord northcliffe is published in the london times the writer walter believes the conflict there has not yet reached the climax of intensity and that the germans will face even greater losses and resort to new expedients before accepting repulse ne nevertheless eless lord Northcliff es viewpoint is optimistic ile he dilates on the slightness of the french losses as aa com compared parea with those of the germans the german losses lie he estimates at men |