Jasper County Democrat, Volume 19, Number 35, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 29 July 1916 — ASSERTS GERMAN LINE HOLDS [ARTICLE]

ASSERTS GERMAN LINE HOLDS

Teuton Military Expert at Verdun Front Baya Enemy Has Not Shaken Them. Berlin, July 28. —Major Moraht, the military expert of the Berlinger Tageblatt, sends the following dispatch to that newspaper: “The German line at Verdun stands fast. Our hold at Verdun represents the real pillar of resistance on the Somme and the enemy has not been successful In shaking us. An American newspaper man said lately after he visited the battlefield around Verdun that he gained the impression that the German army is only awaiting orders to advance and take the fortress. Our affairs in the west theerfore stand well. We must have confidence."