THE ONSLAUGHT ON MORT HOMME

Dominion, Volume 9, Issue 2787, 3 June 1916, Page 5

THE ONSLAUGHT ON MORT HOMME

fiERMAN NIGHT ATTACKS REPULSED INTENSE ARTILLERY BOMBARDMENT The High Commissioner reports: * . London, June 1, 3.55 p.m. "On the left bank of . the Meuse the'bombardment continue with, great vio. lence. During the course of the night all the German attacks in tho region of Mort Homme were dislooated. Gorman attacks yesterday evening,, on our positions on tho eastern slopes, were completely repulsed by the Frenoh fire. "On the',right bank of the Meuse. the. artillery fighting has assumed a character of extreme intensity. ] "On Wednesday night one of our air squadrons'threw about twenty bombs on the stations at Thionville and Audunleronan, and also threw fifty on the enemy's- Tevictu.illing centre at Azannes."' ENEMY FORCED TO CHANGE HIS ATTACK •• By Telegraph—Pre6S Association—Copyright ; , Semi-official.—"Tho Germans are apparently renouncing all the fortified zone between, Avocnurt Wood and Hill 301, and now seek another passage in the Chattaacourt district (a'mile south of Ctimieres). "We hare cased tho enemy's pressure at Mort Homme."■ : ■ 300,000 GERMAN SHELLS PER DAY. The Germans aro hurling;3oo,ooo shells of tho largest .calibre 3 daily ""on. 1 ' a narrow, section' between the west bank of the Meuse and a point north-east of Mort Homme. It is computed that since February 21 the Germans havo brought up to the Verdun front nearly a. million meii. GERMANS REDOUBLING THEIR EFFORTS APPALLING SLAUGHTER DAY AND NIGHT. ("Timc3"'aad Sydney "Sun" Services.) (Rec. Juno 2, 5.5 p.m.) Reports show that the Germans are redoubling their efforts to" secure decision at Verdun, and have been bringing up masses of fresh troops to the number of one hundred thousand since May 20, with vast reserves of artillery ammunition. Tho fighting is continuous, day and night, with appalling slaughter Sixty trains of German wounded have passed through Aix-la-Chapelle. ! ■ ' GERMAN OFFICIAL COMMUNIQUE ' FRENCH SUCCESS ADMITTED. (Rec. June 2, 3.15 p.m.) • . ~ ', Amsterdam, June 1. A German official communique states) "The French havd captured four hundred yards of the. German trenches sotith-east of Mort Homme. ' Other assaults in tho samo region wero Tepulsed." • m \ , London, June 2, 1.25 a.m. A French official message says: "On the right bank of tho Meuse, after a very violent bombardment, the enemy attacked our positions from Thiaumont Farm to Vaux. After-several fruitless assaults tho onemy penetrated-our first line between Fort Douaumont and Lake Vaur. Everywhere else tho German attacks were broken by our machine-gun fire, which caused heavy losses. ' "On Thursday a German aeroplane dropped several iiombs on the open town of Bar-le-Duc; eighteen civilians were killed and twenty-five wounded."