FIGHT FOR CRATERS AT ST. ELOI

Dominion, Volume 9, Issue 2745, 13 April 1916, Page 5

FIGHT FOR CRATERS AT ST. ELOI

PROGRESS ON THE BRITISH . - 1 FRONT\ V'.'; VERDUN BATTLES LACHRYMAL SHELLS Affi /THE HUNS •ALLIES LAND ON GREEK V , . ISLAND NEW MOVE • IN THE BALKANS THE PARIS .-CONFERENCE ' , - ; , ' . ' ! — ' -.. y The'bitter struggle in the Verdun region still continues, the latest development being a powerful attack by the enemy on the line from Douauiftont to Vaux. The Germans, using lachrymonse shells, managed to gain a footing in some of the' French advanced positions, : but were subsequently ejected by the French counter-attack. The German staff is reported to be somewhat staggered by an unexpected development <)f artillery efficiency on the Russian front, where it is be- ■ lieved-thai French gunners are at work to infuse the new leaven. In the face, of energetic protests'by the Greek Premier, the Allies have landed a force on.Cephajonia, an island to the west of the mainland. This newimpve is stated by the Anglo-French Legations at Athens to •.to be purely for'defensive purposes. On the British line there is raging an obstinate.battle for the possession of the mine-craters at St. • Eloi. The British at present liold three out of five of these craters. There are no material developments elsewhere;