The weekly Alaska citizen., 1918-10-07

would drive the Huns from the important naval base Os tend which has long been used submarine base and base
 for large planes It expected that the advance will be slower because of the ffenng resistance of the Huns before their main base.
 HUNS GET SEVERE DEFEAT IN BEI GUM HAVRE Sept 30-The Belgian official statement says that the Begians and British administered defeat to the Huns the Flanders front after very hard fight ling Part of the hard fighting the Messne Wyt- scaete ridge where the Huns driven from the heights and the allied forces having occupied the posi- ton force German retreat much larger area to AMERICANS USE sHOTGUNS
 WASHINGTON, Sept 30.-Secretary lansing has re- piled in very drastic to the German protest ing against the of shotguns by the American soldiers The secretary points that the of shotguns Itioned by the Hague convention.
 In their note the Germans threatened to shoot Americans they captured with sotguns their pos session found where they captured ansng states that if the Huns make reprisas in single instance the United States will do the same German prisoners BRITISH YANKEES AND AUSTRIA ,IANSADVANCE LONDON, Sept. 3O-Genera Haig reports that the British Americans and Australians continued their advance on Cambrai all day Sunday. The Germans put up their usual stubborn but ineffective resistance Four thousand of the Huns captured and forty guns taken over with the troops of the enemy. The city is within sight of the allied forces and could easily be knocked pieces with both large and small artillery but the allied forces anxious capture it without doing great dam age and will shell it unless it their great advantage BIG CAPTURES BY BRITISH = LONDON, Sept 3O-Chancellor Law declares that the British army has since July twelfth captured thousand square miles of territory, hundred and fifty villages and hundred and twenty thousand German prisoners and all comparative light loss the part of the British PROGRESS SOUTH OF AISNE PARIS Offcial-Sept 3O-The French have made inn poran progress the south of the Asne and the Vese rvers the line of attack being about and oneaf miles long The German resistance strong especially the machine gun nests.
 To the north of the Asne river the Italian units cap tured the village of Soupir which is almost directly the south of Laon. .,. HUN COUNTER FAILS. -Offcial-Sept 3O.-The French troops in Champagne resumed the attack day break this morning and forcing the Germans back wide front It evident that the Huns weakening under the pressure which is being brought bear this point and doubtful if they will be able hold their strong first line trenches:
 The Germans the south of St. Quentin made strong counter i'll effort to capture the famous hill site eight and repused with sanguinary losses The German counter showed that their manpower before St. Quentin is steadily growing weaker and early fall of the city is looked for.
 HARD FIGHTING BY HUNS LONDON-O Offcial-Sept 30-To the northwest of Ie Cateet which about half way between St. Quentin and Cabra the Germans countered in such large numbers that they drove the British forces back the outskirts of Vers Guislain To the southeast of La Catee similar pressure forced the British to retire to Bony.
 To the southeast of Douai the British withdrew from Areux and Aubecheu because of the increased German pressure. The Germans fighting regardless of losses and the British leaders believe that may be gained by temporary withdrawal which is arranged that it will the Germans huge number in killed and wounded
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