VERDUN.
THE STRUGGLE AT CUMIERES, FRENCH RECAPTURE THE VILLAGE. Received May 23, 11.30 p.m. Paris, May 29. The German gains at Verdun, in the eight days, total three huiidred yards. The enemy was not long in possession of Cumieres, for a series of grenade attacks on Friday enabled the French quietly to organise two columns of attackers east and west of the village. The eastern column captured the mill at nightfall, and found that the enemy had dug trenches one behind the other across the main street. They proceeded to recapture the houses by night-long siege operations. Meanwhile the western column was progressing, and the enemy, fearful that the village .would be surrounded, hastily threw in heavy reinforcements. The French maintain their gains, though the Germans are counter-attack-ing with iy 2 brigades.
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Taranaki Daily News, 30 May 1916, Page 5
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132VERDUN. Taranaki Daily News, 30 May 1916, Page 5
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