20 MAY 1916, Page 1
NEWS OF THE WEEK
• THERE is little news of importance from the Western Front. The attacks on Verdun continue, but they have made no real headway. There seems some reason to believe, however, that the Germans are preparing for yet one more great effort, which may be launched in the course of the next week or so. But this is little more than conjecture. The fact remains that the French hold the line as they have held it since the middle of February —a military achievement of the most splendid kind.