The new Larned History for ready reference, reading and research; the actual words of the world's best historians, biographers and specialists: a complete system of history for all uses, extending to all countries and subjects and representing the better and newer literature of history; . alancourt^C%^ fiyfort Homme \Avocourt V ^ ,«^° //oFo-^geg)^ Samogngux 0^=^^ ?\ouvemoTu - ——^^^iFtipe Dooaumont c \ f l^leur^y Q^ Ft ?R-Me Souvill SCALE OF MILES. OF VERDUN of our General Staff went into the fort of Vauxand was able to assure himself that it had notbeen attacked, and that the troops ho
The new Larned History for ready reference, reading and research; the actual words of the world's best historians, biographers and specialists: a complete system of history for all uses, extending to all countries and subjects and representing the better and newer literature of history; . alancourt^C%^ fiyfort Homme \Avocourt V ^ ,«^° //oFo-^geg)^ Samogngux 0^=^^ ?\ouvemoTu - ——^^^iFtipe Dooaumont c \ f l^leur^y Q^ Ft ?R-Me Souvill SCALE OF MILES. OF VERDUN of our General Staff went into the fort of Vauxand was able to assure himself that it had notbeen attacked, and that the troops holding itwere quite undisturbed. Our General Staff there-upon immediately contradicted the . . report inthe most positive manner. ... It was than an-nounced that the fort had been taken, and retakenlater by a French counter-attack. It was notnecessary for us to retake Vaux, for the simplereason that we had never lost it. Day followedday, and Ihc attacks on our right and left wingsled to no more decisive result than those madeat first on our centre. The German assaultingcorps, which had borne the brunt of the fighting,were decimated and worn out; some of the regi-ments had lost as high as sixty per cent of theirofficers and men. It was absolutely necessary thatthey should be sent to the rear to rest and be one division after another, to relieve those whichwere most exhausted. Heavy artillery could beused like a battering-ram against one or
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