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Horowhenua Chronicle, 2 March 1916, Page 3

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OPJ.ATO.N6 OA THE CAMPAIGN liN ERA AGE. il'aris, March i. Tho French newspapers state „iiat the Germans seem to Ikivo liiomiied tiieir uieiics in view of the impotence ot i-iie foi inula iile attacks north of \ erduu. The activity 111 the AY oevro and the Cnanipagne is designed to dii>'i I ilie efl'iiri. , .i: the l-reiicii, iiiul alj>o t-iic a I rem ion ol the German public, 'iie in 11 i i :p!! V.I t .en (i! oileilsives ill 'resil fhre..ii ■'(■„ hiiDtvs that tin! enemy has 1 oi. r no lined ins plan of forcing the 1' reiieii lines, but fiance may place celllkleUre in her leaders. The Journal says that eveii if th? illomy succeeded, in breaking our trout the Jiglit would be in open country, i whore a- factor-—lhe valour of our men -would regain its importance and Germany again would meet thciil victorious on . the Maine. M. Pichoii, writing in the Petit Journal, says the news is encouraging. l;:o enemy's fury falls beiore our wall oi steel. The Brandenburg''.- ivho were imprudieiit enough to tliri-t themselves into the interior oi Douanaiont seemed doomed not to emerge -again. Giiist-a-v llerve writes in La Y'ictorier that no army lifts many regiments like the liraiideiiburgers. When an army thus sacrificed a corps d'elite "without securing victory at the first attempt it was not- far from failure. The Matin says that the enemy amis at taking Y r erdun and the heights of the Meuse, and will not recoil oelore ally sacrifice to attain his object.

TIIE LOST PROVINCE Ollicial. - The Provence was armed with live oiu. guns nnd six smaller guns. A LULL AT VEIiBCN 'I lie Pi-ench daily review reports that the e has been a lull at \ r erdun. nnd the artillery bombardment on either side is in te mi it-tent