A Concise Chronicle of Events of the Great War

by R. P. P. Rowe

Mar. 2 (Thur.)

A British success near Ypres: 'the Bluff' is recaptured (see Feb. 14).

Verdun:—The Germans capture the village of Douaumont.

The Caucasus:—Bitlis (south-west of Lake Van) is captured by the Russians (see Aug. 2).

Mar. 3 (Fri.)

Verdun:—The French reoccupy Douaumont village; the Germans attack the village of Vaux.

Mar. 4 (Sat.)

There is fierce fighting for the Hohenzollern Redoubt (near Loos).

Verdun:—The Germans again capture the village of Douaumont.