ast of Hill 295
in the Mort Homme sector. Tear shells and every variety of projectile
were rained upon the French defenses. The attacks were delivered with
dash and vigor, and in one instance they succeeded in penetrating a
position. But the German success was only temporary. The French
rallied, and fell upon the intruders in a counterattack that drove
them from the field.

During the evening and all night long the Germans violently bombarded
the territory between the wood south of Haudremont and Vaux village.
Twice they attacked in force. The French defeated one assault, but the
second carried the Germans into Vaux, where they occupied the western
portion of the place.

On April 2, 1916, the fighting was prolonged throughout the day. The
Germans employed more than a division in the four simultaneous attacks
they made on French positions between Douaumont Fort and Vaux village.
Southeast of the fort they succeeded for a time in occupying a portion
of Caillette Wood, but were subsequently ejected.

On the same day the Germans on the northern bank of Forges Brook, to
the west of Verdun, made a spirited attack on the French lines on the
southern bank, but it was not a success, and they lost heavily. They
also failed on the following day in an attack on Haucourt.

During the night between March 5 and 6, 1916, the Germans attacked two
of the salients of the Avocourt-Bethincourt front with a large body of
troops. On the French right they failed entirely, and suffered heavy
losses. In the center, after many costly failures, they gained a
foothold in Haucourt Wood. On the other hand, the French delivered a
strong counterattack from the Avocourt Redoubt and succeeded in
reoccupying a large portion of the so-called "Square Wood" and in
capturing half a hundred prisoners.

During the night of March, 6, 1916, new German attacks were launched
along the Bethincourt-Chattancourt road. Part of the French first line
was occupied, but was later lost.

On the 7th the Germans attacked on a front of over a mile. The
assailants lacked neither dash nor daring, and were strong in numbers,
but they were shattered against the wall of French defense and driven
back with slaughter to their own line. Attempts on the French
positions south and east of Haucourt during the night of the 7th
failed, except in the south, where the Germans occupied two small
works.

As a result of the fighting between March 30 and April 8, 1916, the
Germans had