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Show FURY OF FIGHT f IS UNEQUALLED Germans With Enormous j j Force Attack French Along ! Two -mile Front. RUSH THIAUMONT FORT j ! I ' l ' French Counter-attack and En- 1 1 emy Is Unable to Make I , , Further Advance. L1 Paris, June 24, 5:45 a. m. Late de- ' velopments show that yesterday's 1 fighting near Verdun equaled in fury I1 ' anything yet experienced. The total j German forces engaged on a two-mila front are estimated at between four j ' and five divisions. It was only by j ' the last overwhelming rush when the j defenders were worn out and thinned f ' by many hours of bombardment that the enemy succeeded In rushing the i Thiaumont work and the adjacent ad- j , vanced trenches. m ' The Thiaumont fortifications cover- ! ed the approaches to Fleury and the j enemy hoped to continue the charge m j and sweep away the defenders of tho H.( latter place; but the French counter m i attacked with such vigor that the jN enemy was able only to cling to the Jj I positions first gained which he was I busily engaged In strengthening all 1 . night in preparation for fresh at- tempts to push his advantage. The enemy's losses are placed at 1 I from forty to fifty per cent of the ef- J feclives engaged. j i nn i : I |
