11 MARCH 1916, Page 1
Thursday's news is distinctly of a reassuring character. And this
is true not only of the ground around Verdun, but of the rest of the line. For instance, on Wednesday, March 8th, the French recovered trenches in Champagne which the Germans had taken from them on March 6th. Against this good news must be put the capture of the villages of Forges and Fresnes by the Germans. These gains, however, have been purchased at a. terrible price. The Times correspondent in Paris, telegraphing to Thursday's paper, stated that the evidence collected from the most recent German prisoners shows that "the certainty of victory enter- tained by the prisoners captured during the first advance at Verdun has given way to great depression."
