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Show VERDUN FIGHT ENDS I H GREAT VERDI BATTLE ENDED Heavy German Batteries Withdrawn From Verdun and Probably Sent to British Front. PETAIN IS HONORED French Commander and Other High Officers Decorated for Part Taken in Defense of Fortress. Paris, April 29, 5 a. m. The battle of Verdun may1 now be considered as ended, according to the opinion pre-vailing pre-vailing in French military circles. Not only tho recent French official reports, re-ports, but yesterday's German announcement an-nouncement stated that nothing Im portant had developed In the Verdun region. It is nearly two months since the Gorman war office has made such a statement. Heavy German batteries in considerable consid-erable number have been withdrawn! from before Verdun and sent to a distant dis-tant point which, Judging from the Increasing In-creasing activity there, probably is the portion of the line held up by the British. The announcement of the decoration decora-tion of General Petaln and other high officers who have taken part in the battle, Is regarded as an indication that the French authorities share the, l? thaJLhe, ask ofdeendin& Ver aun lias been ojoughl to an end. |