Through Renter's Agency, Paris, Mar. 9.
It is estimated that the German losses at Verdun totalled 135,000.
President Poincaré visited Verdun yesterday.
The psychology in Fans in face of the momentous battle at Verdun is remarkable, There is no outward sign of the nearness of happenings of such critical importance.
The theatres are as crowded as usual. Varnishing Day of the first Salon held since the outbreak of the war was thronged by fashionable society. President Poincaré attend-
Prices continue to rise on the Bourse.
The present position at Verdun is that the German advance is momentarily checked and the French strongly hold s chosen line of reaistance between Poivre Ridge and Douaumont Hill.
The French are very hopeful.
Two thousand Brandenburgers are surrounded at Douaumont.
The real battle is on the heights of the Meuse which rise rapidly from the river east of Verdun. The: engagements in Woevre are of only secondary importance since the ground there is impracticable owing to the mud, which is unequalled anywhere else on the western front, Woevre is absolutely commanded by the Meuse heights and any advance of the Germans in Woevre can only bring them more effectively under the French guns.
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