In the West.

Stratford Evening Post, Volume XXVIV, Issue 92, 24 March 1916, Page 5

In the West.

GERMAN ATTACKS FAIL. [United Press Association. ) Paris, March 23. A communique says that after a day long bombardment' there were several German attacks between Avacourt Wood and Malancourt village. All atenipts to debouch from »the wood failed, but the enemy gained a footing on Hancourt Hill, south-east of Malancourt. RESUMPTION OF OFFENSIVE PROBABLE. London, March 22. The Times' correspondent in Paris says that the German failure has been costly. The isolated attack at Pepper Hill sugests that the Verdun plan Has been temporarily reduced to incoherence, but it is thought the enemy will resume the struggled the earliest' possible moment. Meanwhile it is hardly necessary to point out the importance of the check sustained, which is leaving the French lines stronger than ever. Other Paris reports also predict an early resumption of the offensive. There are political reasons for another desperate effort to pierce the French line in order to bolster up the new loan.