The weekly Alaska citizen., 1918-09-09
FRIDAYS REPORT OF THE WAR
NIGHT REPORT

NIGHT REPORT
 PARIS Sept 5.-The Germans are in rapid retreat. Their unpreparedness for has them dear believed that at present they holding only that they may make good their retreat to stronger positions, but they unable to hold the allied forces who continually breaking through their guards and working havoc among the German divisions It is known that the Ger making extensive preparations for the evacuation of the important railroad of Chauny uSey and La Fere and it is believed that the allied forces will compel the Huns leave the places before they either de- stroy all of their supplies The capture of La Fere will take the allies we'll up the main Hindenburg line which the south from St. Quentin Preparations in progress in Ham which appear to be for evacuation.
 With the places which the Germans evacuat ing the allies will have recovered all ot the ground which the Germans took from them since March 21, and in add tion will have considerable salient to the other side of the old German defense line which is threatening Cambra and Douai The salient promises to be much larger, for the Germans not holding the British flank at the du Nord canal to the north of Peronne
 AISNE-VESLE PLATEAU FALLS TO ALLIES
 LONDON, Sept. 5.-Pressing forward irresistiby on the retiring German columns the French and Americans have forced the last German from the plateau between the Vese and the Aisne rivers and at front have ac tualy reached the Asne river To the north of Soissons the French and Americans possession of the plateau which overlooks the territory to the east and north The extensive preparations of the Germans for their great be watched and the artillery busy dropping shells into strategic positions, and thus delaying the German retreat to such extent that almost hope less for them to attempt to take any of their supplies with them The allied forces pressing forward rapidly and following the artillery fire able to capture enormous
 GERMAN MORALE RAPIDLY EBBING
 WITH THE AMERICANS Sept. 5.-From every side evidence which shows that the morale of the German soldiers is rapidly weakening The allied fighters in better sprs and having endured long string of defeats there is danger of their falling before the ter rble strain that is breaking the German army
 Captured information shows that of the German divisions have been completely disbanded that the men replace the losses which the allies have caused in the other divisions. The changes being made with the troops fighting and before they effected it is often almost necessary fill in with another division before attempting resist the allied forces At point became necessary for the German leader break up German storm bat alion bolster up of the inferior divisions, which rapidly being driven into panic by the machineke hammering of the allied forces.
 Fully 150 of the German divisions have been fighting for from to four months and many break ing under the strain.
 HUGE NUMBER OF HUN PLANES DOWNED
 LONDON, Sept 5.-Offcal- Since August the Brit sh air forces have destroyed 465 of the enemy aanes and have brought down 200 out of control In addition the large number of planes 61 of the German observation balloons were" destroyed.
 The total British losses including both machines de- royed and those brought down behind the enemy lines that they reported missing 2l6
 IMPORTANT ADVANCES BY FRENCH
 PARIS Sept. 5.-OficialE 1.-The French have made some very important advances along the Canal d Nod and to the north ot the Vesle rver where they working m cooperation with number of the American troops Dur ing the past few days thirty villages along the Aee river have been retaken by the French.
 HUNS OFFER REWARD FOR YANKEES
 WITH THE AMERICANS IN LORRAINE, Sept 5. The village of Frapele which captured by the Am ericans has undergone tremendous bohardment by the Germans Over 5000 large shells hurled into the village and then the German infantry leaders apparently felt that advance safe, for they did make any effort to follow up the preliminary.
 Captured enemy orders show that the German leaders have offered reward of 400 marks the German soldier who captures the first American prisoner but the ward bring the German soldiers any the American trenches The American soldiers well armed with machine guns and hand grenades and have fear of