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Updated: May 17, 2025
Germans begin violent bombardment of Dead Man's Hill, March 1. Germans capture village of Douaumont, March 2; 1,000 prisoners. Fresnes captured by Germans, March 5. Germans capture Forges, March 5; drive against French left wing. Germans take Regneville, west of Meuse, March 6. Germans capture heights of Cumieres, etc., March 7. Village of Vaux taken and retaken by Germans, March 8-10.
Crossing the Forges Brook, which ran through a ravine, and where they were protected from French artillery fire, the Germans advanced along the northern slopes of the Côte de l'Oie. Following the railway line through Regnéville, at all times under heavy fire from French guns, they attacked Hill 265 on the 7th.
On the following day the Cote de l'Oie and Regnéville fell on the left bank, and Samogneux on the right. On the 24th the French took Camard wood and Hill 304 and advanced to the south bank of the Forges brook, which remained their line until the American attack in October 1918, while further progress was made east of the Meuse on the 25th until the outskirts of Beaumont were reached.
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