DETERMINED ATTACK IN FORCE ON DOUAUMONT.
ASPHYXIATING AND LACHRYMATORY SHELLS. MADE BREATHING IMPOSSIBLE. ALL ENEMY ATTACKS WERE REPULSED. , GERMANS LOSE 30,000 MEN ON THURSDAY. (Reed. 9.10 a.m.). | PARTS, April 12. Tlie Petit Journals story of the latest fighting at Douaumont, states that the furious bombardment by heavy artillery the entire morning, suddenly ceased and the French troops took their places to await the German rush, but the bombardment was resumed with greater violence, the asphyxiating and lachrymatory shells made it impossible to breathe. Two German attacking columns ad'.vanted simultaneously and succeeded by a vigorous rush in reaching the battered trenches at certain points. The French launched a counter-attack, so vigorous that all the enemy forces were repulsed. It is estimated in well informed quarters that the C|ern<ans Dost 30,000 men at Douaumont last Thursday.
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Taihape Daily Times, Volume 8, Issue 89, 13 April 1916, Page 5
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