VERDUN AND ST. ELOI

Dominion, Volume 9, Issue 2742, 10 April 1916, Page 5

VERDUN AND ST. ELOI

BATTLE, CLOUD ON THE YSER REPORTS OF BIG GERMAN ■ '■■■ PREPARATIONS ' . HEROES OF THE AIR " ■' , " STORY OF BRANDON'S "EXPLOIT : MORE OCEAN MURDERS • i • ' - i Tlio persistent efforts of the Germans to weaken and break the French barrier at Verdun have resulted .in a slight score in the region 'of Bethincourt—about 300 yards of advanced trench being occupied—while on the British front .the enemy has succeeded in regaining a'portion of the ground be lost at St. Eloi some days ago. . Hie grip of winter is relaxing on the Russian front, and the floods incidental to tlie spring thaw hare aided the Russians, whose terrible fire ' has wrought havoc in the ranks of the flood-driven Huns, who were desperately struggling to escape from the ice-cold ,waters. The fe- ~ maining groups of the war theatres report no material change in'the situation. London appears to have about achieved her normal war conditions sfter the nir raids. A little highly interesting light V. i 6 thrown on the recent aerial exploits of Flight.Commander Bone and Lieutenant-A. de B. Brandon. The ocean murders-still happen, and the toll to-day includes the P. and 0. liner Simla.