The weekly Alaska citizen., 1918-08-26
THURSDAYS REPORT OF THE WAR

the French drove through the desperate Hun defense of
 assigny One stronghold the Picardy front has fallen before the allied attack and the evacuation of all of the territory to the west and south of the Somme river is rapidly being assured The drive against assigy has cuped several days, but since the French captured the heights the south the fall has been expected Its fall makes possible Aankng attack on Roye which is the stronghold enabling the Germans to hold south of the Somme
 During the day the French have liberated twenty v- age from the clutches of the ravagng ordes from the Rhine and the refugees of the villages are preparing move back to their baetorn homes to rebuild and repair them The official report, besides giving the capture of
 assigny states that the French have penetrated during the cay at many points five miles deep and far have not been stopped
 OFFENSIVE SPREADING TO sOISSONS
 WITH THE FRENCH, Aug 21.-With vigor scarcely equaled since the of the war; the French rushed to the attack this morning and captured villages without waiting to do the customary lodging behind houses They succeeded in getting the Germans started in headlOng retreat and kept them going of the day on la twenty y-fve-nile front.
 The attack has spread the vicinity of Sossons where the town of Pommers the north bank of the Aisne has been captured by the French forces driving toward the to widen the salient and at the time threaten the Huns who are still t the south of the Asne the Rheims Sossons sector. The advance has put the French the heights to the north of the Asne and this already the Huns the right of General Mangns sector that 1t expected that further retirement in the Marne sector will be brought about in few days.
 One army corps of the French captured 1,6OO of the Germans and large number captured by other corps, the total not yet being reported. COMPI FIFE SUCCESS FOR BRITISH LONDON, Aug. 21.-Late wire-General Eaig ports that the operations of the British for the day have been complete From the Ancre Moyenne vie which is about four miles the south of Arras the positions of the enemy have been deeply penetrated and many of the strongest points in the possession of the British. large number of Huns have been taken
 prisoner but accurate counts have not yet been made of either prisoners or captured supplies and guns
 THREE-MILE ADVANCE MADE ALONG OISE LONDON, Aug 21.-The French have advanced three the of Sem pgny, which mile from the outskirts of Noyon
 The advance which the British have made during the day have been greatly facilitated by the of tanks which in almost every instance proved entire success
 FRENCH LENGTHEN ATTACK TO 25 MILES PARIS, Aug. 21-The new French attack is being made over front of 25 miles and threatens the all Ot NOyOn few hOurs the slowly being |outhanked.
 The advance has been exceedingly difficult, but it is believed that the worst has been The Germans had many carefully prepared positions with formidable array of machine guns their advanced lines which formed shield for the real line of defense, which still formidable It was new arrangement for defense and first caused much inconvenience the French troops beev ing that the first the real line of defense They soon discovered their mistake and immediately got the Germans from the second line The entire operation of greater importance than he ground gained would indicate because of the of the defenses which had to be overcome and the small loss which sustained in overcoming it. very large number of machine guns were captured
 FRENCH CONTINUE ALONG THE OIsE PARIS, Aug 21.-The French continuing to ad- along the OseAsne front in spite of the great ssance which being offered by the Germans who in many instances in greatly superior positions with large bers of The Villages of Cuts and Carepon have been added to the long list of captured villages The fighting has been resumed to the west of Lassgny and ground was taken after some sharp fighting.
 BRILLIANT ADVANCE BY THE BRITISH WITH THE BRITISH, Aug. 21.-The British troops have advanced along teme front the north side of the Amiens salient between Arras and the Acre river la point Albert. The advance of the brilliant as well as rapid that the British have yet executed In the first hour the German lines completely broken and the rapid for Ablainzevele, Beaucourt Moyennevile Courceles and The Huns had conducted very rapid retreat and although many of them had been killed wounded comparatively small number captured only 200 being reported for the first hour.
 DETAILS OF ADVANCE l LONDON, Aug. 21.-The British third army under