Having occupied the whole Briey Valley, it is able to add 21,000,000 tons to her own annual output. This explains the assiduity of the Germans at Verdun. They want to capture the fortress so as to effectively prevent the French from attacking Metz. In a confidential memorandum addressed to Chancellor von Bothnia on conditions of future peace by German industrial agricultural associations on May 30, 1915, the following passage occurred: "If the production of iron and steel had not doubled since August, 1914, the war would have been impossible. The Briey region now produces 80 to 90 percent of our iron and steel, and if that production was hampered, the war would be practically lost."

The following official statement was issued this evening:
"On the left bank of the Mouse, the fighting today permitted us to enlarge noticeably our positions southeast of Macourt. A spirited bombardment occurred in the region of Le Morre and Commerces. The right bank of the Mouse, where was a violent bombardment of the Rust and second line trenches."  In the Hudson County wood and
A German attack against our
In lies southeast of Fort Douauniont
A completely repulsed. 