Second Edition In the West

Stratford Evening Post, Volume XXVIV, Issue 81, 11 March 1916, Page 6

Second Edition In the West

EXPOSING GERMAN LIES'. , THE FAILURE OF THE OFFENSIVE. FRENCH LINE UNBENDING. GERMAN BATTERING-RAM’S NON-SUCCESS, FRIGHTFUL CARNAGE. NOT AN INCH OF GROUND "GAINED, Unitto Prep? AsAocuxrON. (Received 11.5 a.m.) > ■ - Paris, . March 10. A semi-official statement has been issued exposing seyWim .flagrant official German lies. It Ims been observed that they have been multiplying since the failure of the offensive at Verdun , which continues with, incredible ferocity. Despite the enormous expenditure of munitions and the fearful sacrifice, nowhere have they succeeded in bending our line. With mad obstinacy they have been subjecting the front since Wednesday night to formidable onslaughts, but the haltering ram failed to break our wall; on the contrary, wo increased our advance in Crows Wood. We hold practically the whole of Crows Wood. ...The is particularly warm on the right hank of the Meuse. The Germans during one day made numerous attacks in a serried massed fornf, on a space of three kilo-1 metres, and attempted to debouch from Douaumont to Vaux. but our fire pinned them down to the starting point. Later in the day, they were equally unsuccessful in an attack on the trenches at tfle foot of a hill over-| • looking Port Vaux. Towards the evening, owing to. a snow storm, operations slackened. These attacks, which were estimated to have been made by several army corps, were extremely violent. The carnage was frightful, the Germans being decimated, but as fast other > troops replaced them. It was a veritable hecatomb, for which the Germans *»ave not gained an inch of ground. SUCCESSFUL FRENCH OFFENSIVE ALSACE. The High Commissioner reports:— London, March 10 (5.10 p.m.) In Alsace the FreJ»h*bnt*Wes Overpowered the German trenches at Hill 425, east of Thann, which is north by west of Mullhausen. VERDUN WILL NOT FALL. FOLLY To TALK OF EARLY ENDING OF THE WAR. CROWING GERMAN DESPERATION. ■ (Received 11.30 a.m.) Sydney, March 11. Mr‘Harry Gullett, the official Australian correspondent, fit the British front, in addressing tbe Journalists’ Association, stated that whatever reputation it had, Verdun would not fall. It was rank folly to talk of an early ending of the f ,war. When the Germans were right up against it, . they would not collapse, but would fight with greater desperation.

SERIOUS RIOTS AT COLOGNE.

GUNS OVERAWE THE MOB. (Received 11.5 a.ra.) Amsterdam, March 10. Travellers report that serious riots have occurred at Cologne. They are supposed to be the outcome of thq Verdun slaughter. Travellers are not allowed to quit trains. They heard that guns had been posted in the streets to overawe the mobs.