ON THE DOUAUMONT-VAUX LINE.
GERMAN ATTACK IN SUCCESS SlVJfi WAVES.
ENEMY RETREAT IN DISORDER
(Received April 5, 9 p.m.) PARIS* April 5. A ecirairanique says: The •Germans bombarded the front <of DouauatnontVaux with great violence. T>ke infantry -strongly attacked south of Doaaumont m successive waves, followed by columns. Our artillery, machine-gun,- and <rifle-nre mowed them down, causing them to retreat in disorder to Cha«JFour Wopd, where fclie artillery inflicted furrier considerable losses.
We further progressed north of Qeillette Wood.
;'[Thfe/ High Commissioner sends a mesage-J
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Marlborough Express, Volume L, Issue 82, 6 April 1916, Page 5
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