FORT VAUX CAPTURED BY THE ENEMY.

Dominion, Volume 9, Issue 2793, 10 June 1916, Page 5

FORT VAUX CAPTURED BY THE ENEMY.

AFTER SEVEN DAYS' SEVERE FIGHTING : GARRISON REACHEB THE LIMIT .OP ITS ENDURANCE The High Commissioner reports: r, -r. ii , J, ,1 ,r , , . 'London, June 8, i p.m. Un the left of the Meuse there has been an intermittent bombardment of our second lines. ",p,."Oil'the right bank there has been intense artillery fighting in the region of imaumont and Douaumont. ° "After seven days of sanguinary com bat against assaulting troops, which were renewed ceaselessly, the gameon of Fort Vnux reached the limit of its endurance, and was unable to prevent the enemy from occupying the work which was pletely ruined by the furious bombardment. We hold tho'immediate approaches and the trenches to the lett and right of the fort, before which all the enemy aC tacks have been broken by our fire, . "The night was relatively'calm on tho rest of the front exceDt at TTiriJnaimsweilerkapf, where very active artillery fighting has been maintained." HEROIC.DEFENCE OF FORT VAUX. ' (Rec. June 9, 10.10 p.m.) _ The heroic Major Raynal and his moil *ield tho fcellar? hehw Port Vaux to the, last, and what they underwent can scarcely be imagined The bombardment of- heavy simile was incessant and terrific. There were also in in twelve hours on Monday, in which two divisions were employed, and all weve repulsed. The Germans, after a. hundred days, have not vet ©d the second line of the French defences.. reach A French communique says successive attacks on 'our positions west am) of Thiaumont Farm failed under our curtain fire. W d 6ast ENEMY WILL FIND STRONG DEFENCES BEHIND THE FORT. ' By Telegraph—Press Association—Copyright -• Semi-official.— I The position.atVort Vaux remains obscure.! Th0 S ' firf-' 6 W long been, unnnnour«landreduced to ruins. It was merely an observation post. The enemy will find strong defences behind the fort. VIOLENT BOMBARDMENT NEAR PONT^-MOUSSON. The Hiffh' Commissioner reports: itysecCofHilM^nlt^ attack^otSsS under machine-gun:and curtain-fire, • Attacks failed "There is a violent bombardment west of Pont-a-Housson." . • . • '. MINE WARFARE ON THE BRITISH FRONT. .. - . ~.. The High Commissioner reports:— , ' . "The principal 'activity during the last hventy-fow^^iri tween Virny Ridge and Laßassee Canal, where mine warfare sift b - e ' " °" Tl " i Ihe situation at Hooge is unchanged." SUCCESSFUL RAID ON THE ENEMY'S TRENCHES.' ' .(Rec. June 9, 9 p.m.) Sir Douglas Haig reports:-"The situation at Hoo-e ; s have been no infantry actions,, and chiefly mining activity elsewhere dearbehind." a S ° Uth ° f La BaSSee " Th ® oCC "P ants ot the trenches fled, leaving