GERMANS ARE STAKING EVERYTHING ON VERDUN.
WHOLE HUN STRENGTH CONCENTRATED AGAINST FRANCE, ATTEMPT TO WEAR FRANCE DOWN. '< LONDON, May 27. The “Daily Telegraph’s” Rotterdam correspondent says the Germans have reconsidered their general war plans and are now staking everything on Verdun. The gambler’s throw is due to the general staffs belief that, Germany having greater reserves immediately available, will be able to endure the present tremendous pressure longer than Prance. Many troops are still coming to France, and the whole available strength is being concentrated on the French front. ! The “Daily Telegraph’s” Paris correspondent says the German object is less to capture Verdun than to wear out France’s best attacking forces, and then turn t- l i e French west position on the heights of the Meuse.
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Taihape Daily Times, Volume 8, Issue 126, 29 May 1916, Page 5
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