The French Army has surpassed itself. Not content with taking
a most active part in the Flanders ban t le, while harassing the enemy on the Chemin des Dames and in the ( hampagne hills, our wonderful Allies began on Monday a tremendous new offensive north of Verdun. Attacking on both sides of the Meuse, along a front of eleven miles, they advanced for a mile and a half, capturing both summits of the famous Mort Momma on the left bank and on the right Talou Ridge, Hill 344, Mormont, and Louvemont—their original second line which they had to abandon on February 24th, 1916. They took over five thousand prisoners, including one hundred and sixteen officers, among whom were a corps commander and a whole regi- mental staff, caught in the tunnels of the Mort Holum°. Resuming the advance on Tuesday, the French carried the C6te de l'Oic on the left, and Samogneux on the right bank, taking many more prisoners and repulsing many counter-attacks.
