VERDUN BATTLES.
GERMAN ADVANCE. REGARDLESS OF LOSSES. ■Paris, July 13. The Petit Parisien says the Germans, hoping to surround .Souville fort, subjected the whole of the Verdun front to a 3(5 bombardment. The infantry attack began at 10 o'clock on Wednesday morning, 18,000 men being employed on a three kilometre front southward of the village of Fleurv. They were faced with a curtain of rapid fire, but. regardless of losses, they crossed the barrier of fire and advanced towards Souville. After a hard struggle they were compelled to halt by the storm of bullets from hundreds of machine-guns on the slopes of Souville plateau. The nearest German line was BUO yards from the fort. «iie fterman front at some other points has advanced 500 yards, but this gives no cause for uneasiness.
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Taranaki Daily News, 15 July 1916, Page 5
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132VERDUN BATTLES. Taranaki Daily News, 15 July 1916, Page 5
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