THE GREAT STRUGGLE AT VERDUN

Dominion, Volume 9, Issue 2789, 6 June 1916, Page 5

THE GREAT STRUGGLE AT VERDUN

GERMAN ATTEMPT TO TURN FORT VAUX TWO DETERMINED ASSAULTS REPULSED Tho High Commissioner reports: the 'eneinv e m 1S l ht l° f tl'® ]ats yesterday, after""' Woieur}»mbnKllnent, notprff,I + T l B at , t ?»? ts from the soutn-Hst to turn Fort Vaux. A powerful attack towards 8 o clock on the ravine between Damloup and the fort terlThck MnfnlXI 5 fi h S the ? re ? ch tre P ches . an immediate connrfnriT,? n H tll J left r an K of tn ? Uc !! s £ "rtiilery activity on both sides was intensified during the day. In the region of Hill 301 preparations for an attack were noticed «n„ fh?™ fawushea wi'eh were raked by our certain of fire ■ ?" le ? pem f continued to bombard our position on the Vansthe& Tf t J'lSJi'w" 1 ? Vl °l e . no€ - Vans an attack this afternoon on me slopes oi the Jiumni Wood, north-west of the fort, was arrested hv nnr rmMiinn Ivood. 57 artillery did damage to threo German batteries in 'the Caurieres WoodJ' 6 CWgllt: under our fire anii dispersed enemy gatherings in thf Caillette " ™l SOME AIR AFFAIRS. By Telegraph—Preaß Association—Copyright (Rec. June 5, 10.20 p.m.) pu.. tSS 1 EVENTS ON THE BRITISH FRONT The High Commissioner reports:— artillery has ""-S^sio lorv ab ?, nt P les lla f ? ot ? ltercd materially.' There have been artilISgck^sStaSS:- onr troops ietaln «"» » round «"* regained in the counterBy Telegraph—Press Association—Copyright (Rec. Juno 5, 10.20 p.m.) miliK I rv l>,oUSln f I * ai ° re f?F^ s: "Twenty-sis of our aeroplanes bombed 'points s 'of oneo/them"t' a ° 18 bellevcd dld considerable . damage. Gun-fire brought niaTTl,^?? aoti ! % il° ng l he whole of the British front on Saturday i • f northwards of FricouTt was followed br a German attack, which .was driven back. Several British parties succesfullv raided Hin enemy's trenches at various points." succesiuny raided the GERMAN OFFICIAL COMMUNIQUE. By Telegraph—Press Association—Copyright / ■ i Amsterdam, June 4 A berman communique states ; "Six enemy attempts to penetrate the trenches south-westward of Vaux collapscd, with heavy losses. "We easily repulsed a weak attack to the westward of Hill 201 f ,J^ T V s r^^ cen f he ? aillet te Wood and Damloup is proceeding in our fru our. We took 500 French prisoners ,yesterday. "® ev , e . ral e , ne , m y g as attacks in the westward of Jtark Ircli (ste Mario. Anr Mines) did not have the slightest effect. ( ' Aux '!®. ur Wiirteinburg troops stormed and captured a ridge south-eastward of Zillebeke, and the British positions behind, and took pris6ner the slightly wounded. General counter-attacks -vrero easily repulsed ' 'Everywhere wc> repulsed several British attacks against their lost positions ■to_the south-west of Ypres. Artil err fighting to the northward of Arras ZEnemy airmen have'kill-