The weekly Alaska citizen., 1918-06-10
AM REGAIN AND
 FRENCH TROOPS
 ARE ADVANCING
No Slackening of Allied Offensive Northwest Chateau Thierry---Ad- vance Two and Half Miles
 on a Six Mile Front

PARIS, June 7-Oicial-The French and American troops continuing their attacks the tip of the Soissons salient the northwest of Chateau Thierry have made ad oonal gains today. The much disputed villages of Vile "a Poerie and Boureasches have been taken by the allies and being successfully held by them The enemy making efforts regain these villages but they are in vain.
 SHARP FIGHTING
 WITH THE FRENCH, June 7.--The sharpest fight ing of the day continues around the sector of Vile La oterie Busseres and Boureasches. determined stand has been made by the Germans in this sector but they being forced give ground before the steady advance of the combined American and French troops These troops attacking the enemy shoulder to shoulder and cannot be kept from making good progress The Germans in this sector resisting the allies with every of their power, but it is of no avail.
 GERMAN LOSSES HEAVY
 WITH THE AMERICANS IN PICARDY June /. While the American losses have necessarily been heavy account of the nature of the attacks they have in mol been comparable with the losses of the enemy In many places the dead bodies of the Germans have been piled three deep result of the dreadful execution of the American machine gpns Even ill those places where the American forces tackled the foe in hand-tohand combat the casual ties of the enemy far larger than those of the Yankees
 SUMMARY
 ASSOCIATED PRESS SUMMARY June 7-There| has been etup the offensive being conducted by the American and French troops along the line northwest of Chateau Thierry. During the past days very severe defeats have been inflicted the Germans by the advanc ing allies. Battling shoulder shoulder along front of French depth of two and one-half miles At point this has the enemy been able stay the advance of the determined attackers.
 The American marines have great praise from the allied troops for their valiant fighting EverywhereI his line the marines have subbornly refused to take al a ward step pushing doggedy forward against the even though he had far superior numbers In thesel attacks the American marines have taken 300 prisoners There to be sign of the allied forces ceasing this offensive
 DETAILS OF ATTACK
 WITH THE AMERICANS ON THE MARINE, June -Launching terrific attack against the enemy yesterday the American marines captured the village of Torcy and entered the village of Boureasches both of which lie short distance northwest of Chateau Therry.
 In the face of repeated heavy attacks of the enemy the marines today holding the village of Torcy Livery attack that has been made by the Germans e fort recapure this village has resulted in complete fail Fighting desperately, the Americans pushed the ob ccting Germans through the streets of Boueasches. Every inch of this ground bitterly contested by the enemy Virtually all of the objecves of the marines obtained with the exception of the the right of the attack in Belleau wood. In this wood gains made by the marines but not to the depth that had been planned
 The plans of the American commanders did not in cuIc the capture of Tocy, but having the Germans tine retreat, the Americans swept into the drv ing the enemy from all positions held in the city, The Teu troops could bear up under the vicious assaults of the dauness Yankee boys who had declared that they would never retreat inch from the Huns
 The marines dashed into the German lines yelling like Apache Indians and sashng the enemy with bayonets Firing their rifles while the run, they did stop reload but used the cold steel the German invaders One oi the American marines, having taken prisoner had started his return trip to the American lnes taking the enemy with him. He suddenly face to face with group of twelve of the enemy, German officers and privates.
 Not stopping to think of the great odds against him, the American tackled the twelve single handed He proved then and there that American the equal of any twelve Huns that ved by killing the officers and wounding of the ten In the engagement the American received only slight wounds and able proceed to the American positions
 sergeant of the marine corps had gained the ad- :antage his when the Hun threw himself the ground and groveling before the Yankee yelled Kamerad Upon seeing that the American partly relaxed his vigi nce, the treacherous German discharged his revolver effort murder his captor His am however, was poor and the American wasted time in placing bullet the Germans head This sergeant also shot and killed