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Show Crown Prince' Forces iffl Saiffer Heavily In - H Raids on Yerdira. ' H HURL ED B AC K fflaey Uselessly .Sacri- :H: fad Liyes m Assaults 111 Ifiat Failed. j WITH THE FRENCH ARMIES IN MJI FRANCE, Feb. 9. (By the Associated $U Press) The armies of the German 'Mi iff crown prince before Verdun since Feb- mfilllU ruary 2 have suffered costly defeats in illiflU seven vain raids on French positions IwHlli on both sides of the Meuse. Although 1 large -bodies of troops were employed ' Bflj at times not a singlo permanent ad- uWm vantage has been gained. ffiaW On February 2 the Germans made wNm threo separate assaults on the Caur- iniiltt Jeres wood, on tho right bank of tho mfflm Mouse, but wero hurled back on each flUwR occasion by the French who dashed to jfllM meot them with bayonets and hand gre jllHl nades, killing large numbers. North of wtm Hill 144 on February 3 five German iltlffiM I columns advanced in a thick fog after iIhBb a heavy preliminary bombardment and jam 1 succeeded in entering the French front mmm lines momentarily. The enemy was Pflti driven out in vigorous hand-to-hand fiiH fighting and again suffered severely. IHnl Assaults on French Fail. jowl A Baden division, preceded by shock sWO I units, assaulted the French line at tho rtljjc v same placo on February 4. They gain- wMS ed a footing in tho trench.es for a few Hj rajl minutes and then were chased off after gj( fil uselossly sacrificing many Jives and jj Rl leaving somo prisoners. On February 6 in tho vicinity of Fosses wood an- Sill I other attack was made at dawn after 1 1 1 1 a short and sharp artillery preparation I vm I by Hanoverian troops and a relief dl- R.Swll vision. Thoy succeeded in reaching Hratlll the French barbed wire and In occupy- BBffl ing an element of tho French positions. flflMlf They were driven out almost inline- RSlB diately and pursued by the French. jjjftHl leaving many dead and a number of flljlil captured. Qfflinl Between Samogneux and Hill 344 on Kjam February 7 another German assault Hffl9i was repulsed with still more losses. B jmjfl This sector is composed mainly of po- B IHfjQi sitions formed of groups of shell crat- ers, organized sinco tho French gained llBw their great victory last fall. Iwffl |