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Show FRENCH HOLD ON TO THE TRENCHES German Advance on Verdun Is Halted by Desperate Counter Attacks. London, March 3. Around the village vil-lage of Douaumont, which is in the hands of the Germans, is raging a battle of great Intensity. Having captured the village and extended their lines west and south, the Germans Ger-mans were forced to give ground before be-fore vicious attacks of the French, who regained part of the terrain they had lost The fighting here is pro- u'jtjuuig uiiaoaiea. From the region of Malancourt, west of the Meuse, to the Woevre region, re-gion, east of Verdun, the bombardments bombard-ments are of a violent character, the Germans endeavoring to force their way closer to the fortress, of Verdun and the French tenaciously striving to hold them back. Several aseem-bling aseem-bling points of the Germans have been vigorously shelled by the French, especially in the vicinity of Beaumont. Beau-mont. Comparative quiet prevails on the Russian front. Along the line in the Alps and on the Isonzo river sector tho Austrlnns and Italians continue their bombardments bombard-ments and attacks at various points by infantry, but without materially changing their positions. An official communication ftrom the Turkish army headquarters say the east and west coast districts of Aden have come under Ottoman rule as the result of the submission of the tribesmen. The Turks also report a defeat recently of the British near Dafluch in the neighborhood of Aden, but the British official press bureau denies that an engagement took place here. British Retake Sldl Baranl. The British have re-occupied Sldl Barani in western Egypt, which had been In the hands of Senussl tribesmen tribes-men commanded by Turkish officers. The town was occupied without resistance. |