In the West.

Stratford Evening Post, Volume XXX, Issue 42, 24 May 1916, Page 6

In the West.

ENEMY'S FRUITLESS: EFFORTS; 5' V "Pass*’ (Received 12.25 p.m.) v r ■ ' *?aris, May 23. i A comihuniqUe states; The battle was extremely violent all night on both banlis of the Mfense, in the Verdun region, I>l{P fi^dti^c6tiWr-a^tacl:s -; on ; all our positions 30-b, ciinipletely failed. westward of the Meuse, notably; weit>vard, f Q'f- Hill 304 ? used numeti&a Mhb enabling ody trench, whence a immediately drove them out. An eastward of the Meuse, despite intense artillery preparation, was, broken by our fire, and the enemy did not reach our lines. There was stubborn fighting on the summit of', the Thiaumont-Douaumont The ifiemy 'Muring the n(ght increased bis mass attacks, and after enormdife .losses reroccupied one of the trenches' northwards of Thiauraont Farm, We maintain our positions everywhere else,. The enemy \vas fuither pressed back, ihside of Douaumont Fort, wlfereof he holds only the northeastern^cQraerTr,; .