The weekly Alaska citizen., 1918-07-22
17,000 GERMANS
 ARE CAPTURED
 BY THE ALLIES
Offense is Renewed With Germany. Best Quickly Disposed 0f--Sois- sons Not Yet Taken--Present
 Offensive Mere Counter

WITH THE AMERICANS ON THE MARINE AISNE FRONT July 19-After having rested for several hours the FrancoAmercans opened vicious offensive late this afternoon the Therry front the advance beginning about 53O o'clock The Germans be- lieved themselves fully prepared for hurng back any tack of the allies and for short period the fighting indescrbable At Verdun fought with hands and with kves while the south of Sossons the latest and most improved types of mankllng machines did the worst with many which to show their death dealing properties The Germans turned loose hundred of machine guns and backed them with the best of their tanks Against this terrible barrier the boys of France and America eaped the word of their officers The allied guns poured terrific barrage the advancing infantry while huge tanks un dered and mbled their sdes keeping up ncessant fire at the Germans. It only for few minutes that the Huns could hold the advancing allies The Hun de ese broken and for the second day in succession the allies ran forward the heels the fleeing Boches The hot fire of the allied artillery disposed of the German tanks The allied forces advanced and quarter miles long front and then, having reached their objectves dug n
 Note-The above is the last report received at mid-
 17,O0O PRISONERS TAKEN-OFFICIAI,
 PARIS, July 19-O Oicial-The Franco-Amercan of tesve continues of the hercest drives made Thousands of Huns throwing themselves in the road of the advancing allies in useless effort stop them Tanks horseen and infantry playing their part galany In places the Germans have brought up great materials and supplies in effort recapture of the i'm portant points, The forces which the enemy gathered for the big drive the Marne being used in effort to stop the of the allies The battle has ragged ercey all day.
 The French yesterday captured the heights the south of Sossons and the city is practically unnhababe under the fire of their artillery The allied troops have dug in at this point and the Huns bringing every to bear in attempt to dslodge them No impression is being made upon the vcors and the plateau remains in their possession
 Many important advances have been made various points, So far 17OOO prisoners have been captured ADVANCE CONTINUES WITH THE AMERICANS ON THE AISNE F T,1,, T1,o +:,,;,o their advance The greatest activity point about half way between Chateau Thierry and Soissons
 The Americans not tired out by the all-day fight and allowed to continue in the evening and to during the night and several cap tured by the night fighters.
 German endorsements coming in large numbers but so far no counter has been started
 PRELIMINARY REPORT OF HUN LOSSES
 PARIS, July 19.-Ofhcial-So far 100 heavy guns which captured have been counted The advance of the allies the MarneAisne front is continuing spite of the heavy endorsements which the Germans have brought up The number of prisoners being greatly increased One claims that the prisoners already counted number 13,OOO
 The enemy has been elected from Osuly which is to the north of the Marne The Italians continuing the good work which they started yesterday and have captured Moulin Dardre, which is to the northwest of Pourcy
 CAVALRY AIDS
 LONDON July 10-The Reuters News agency reports that on Thursday the allies held the Sossons Chateau Th erry road under heavy artillery fire and the railway Vlers Coterets completely cut so that the movement of the German troops greatly hampered The smelling of the road to Chateau Thiery kept them from moving troops back toward Soissons The terrific cannonade huge gaps in the Hun line that the cavalry went through and followed by the infantry. Excellent work was done by the horsemen in stopping troop movements of the enemy and in cutting their communications. sI GREATEST BATTLE SINCE CIVIL WAR ] WITH THE AMERICANS; July 1o.-The number of Americans actually engaged in the conflict is small in comparison with the number of the allies but yet it is the greatest battle that the Americans have participated in since the Civil By all of the troops which entered the offensive yesterday have been trained by actual conflict and many undergoing their first real test in fighting The French giving great praise to the Am orleans and especially those who in their first fight in