Ogden Daily Standard | 1916-08-30 | Page 1 | Heavy Attack Made on Verdun

HEAVY ATTACK I MADE ON VElDffl I French Make Further Pro- . i gress East of Fleury Whole j Front Cannonaded. BRITISH MEET CHECK Germans Report Repulse of Enemy on the Somme Hand-to-Hand Fighting. 1 I Paris, August 30, noon. The French launched another attack on tho Verdun Ver-dun front east of Fleury last night 1 and made further progress, the war office announced today. The statement says: "There was the usual cannonading along the whole front. There is nothing noth-ing to report In regard to the operations opera-tions of last night except a minor enterprise which permitted us to advance ad-vance to the east of Fleury." ! Germans Repulse British Berlin, August. 30, via London, 4:50 p. m. German troops in the region of the Somme river repulsed strong British Brit-ish attacks along a line from Orvil-lers Orvil-lers to Pozieres and between Guille- I mont and Maurepas last night, says the official statement issued by the 1 German army headquarters. British i; detachments which penetrated the I German positions at points north of Ovillers and Pozieres were defeated ! in hand to haud fignting. Kaiser's Name Hewed Down j Rome, August 29, via Paris, August j 30, 5 15 a m. Workmen today $ H chopped off the marble memorial names of Emperor William and tho German crown prince, Frederick William, Wil-liam, which had been placed In tho senatorial palace on the ancient capitol capi-tol hill during a visit of the German Emperor to Rome 20 years ago. The names were ordered removed by the city government. I