IN THE VERDUN DISTRICT.

Taihape Daily Times, Volume 8, Issue 61, 11 March 1916, Page 5

IN THE VERDUN DISTRICT.

RIOTS IN COLOGNE. GUNS PLACED IN STREETS. OWING TO VERDUN LOSSES. THE FRENCH GAIN GROUP. ENEMY EVERYWHERE REPULSED. WAR IN MEXICO. GERMAN FAILURES AROUND VERDUN.

f THE FRENCH REGAINING THEIR GROUND I

GERMANS PENNED DOWN BY FRENCH FIRE

ATTACKS MADE -WITH MAD OBSTINACY

FEARFUL SACRIFICES W MEN AND MUNITIONS

THE GROUND A VERITABLE HECATOMB

FOR ALL THIS NOT AN INCH GAINED

(Aecd. 11.5 a.m.)

PARIS, March 10,

Semi-official: A) sta|lement exposing the germination of flagrant offlial German lies is made in the Observer. It says their lies are multiplying Le the failure of the offensive at Verdun, where fighting continues with rcredible ferocity. „ , -Despite the enormous expenditure of munitions ana tne tearful sacnce* of men, thev have not succeeded in bending our line. With mad obHnacv they have been subjecting our front, since Wednesday night, to 'rmidable onslaughts with their, battering ram, but they failed to break urwali ~But contrary-wise we have increased our advance in Crows we,now hold practically the whole of Crow's Wood. The struggle' is particularly warm on the right bank of the Meuse. ■he Germans, one day, made numerous attacks on a space of three kiloletres and attempted to debouch on Douaumont and on Vaux, but our re Pinned them down at their starting point. Later in the day an equalr unsuccessful attack was made on trenches at the foot of the slope of ae hill and- the 'height, overlooking Fort Vaux, but towards evening, owig to a snowstorm, operations slackened. These 'attacks are estimated to e by several army corps, and were extremely violent, and the carnage is rightful) The Germans were decimated but other troops replaced them ntil the "place was a. veritable hecatomb. For all this the Germans did 6t gain an inch of ground* ■