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Show RAIN CHECKS THE VERDUN FIGHTING London, April 13. Torrential rains sweeping over the blood-soaked battlefield battle-field and Impenetrable fogB, which are seriously hampering artillery observations, observa-tions, have brought a temporary lull In the battle of Verdun. Throughout the day and night before be-fore the infantry have remained In the trenches, and only bombardments, which have attained great Intensity in certain sectors show that the battle is still going on. The French midnight official statement state-ment says that the heaviest artillery . . j actions of the day took place on the ' Mort HommeCumieres sector, west of the Meuse, and around Hill No. 304, where the Germans are trying to blast a way through to the Paris-Verdun railway. On the opposite bank of the river and through the stretches of the Woevre only ordinary fighting occurred. oc-curred. t The Berlin communication, point out that tho crown prince's operations are being hampered by the unfavor- ! able weather, but that, nevertheless, j an active bombardment of the Franoh j front Is being carried on. French Night Report Paris, April 13, 10:40 p. m. The official communication issued by the war office tonight reads as follows: "Between the Oise and the Aisne , our artillery displayed activity against enemy entaglements at Moulin-Soua- ', Toudevent and Nampoel. "To the west of the Mouse the bombardment bom-bardment of Hill 304 and our front I from Le Mort Homme to Cumieres continued. "To the east of the MeuBe and In the Woevre the artillery waB less active and no Infantry action occurred. "One of our long range guns shelled ( the station at Noveant-Sur-Moselle and on the Corny bridge, north of ' Pont-a-Mousson. A fire broke out in the station buildings. "The day was calm on the rest of tho front." oo |
