The weekly Alaska citizen., 1918-04-01
Drive Checked Everywhere Except Ons Sector Where Enemy is Merely
 Creeping Past Two Days--
 Concentrate on Amiens
Associated Press)

 cal from all capitals show that the German offensive is checked everywhere with the exception of sector where it has been merely creeping for the past days This sector leads into Amiens.
 There the enemy Is concentrating enormous gun strength bear upon Amens The point the Ger man line is to Arniens is about twelve miles.
 It is apparently the intention of the Germans at tempt to destroy this place by great artillery lombard ment Here run the main communications for the British The defenses of the town unusually srong and no fears entertained for its safety.
 LOCAL ATTACKS
 LONDON, Mar. 2o.-Of6caE Except local fighting at different points, the enemy has pressed the attack north of the Somme river during the day. South of the Sonme the British forces gained certain places by strong counteng A number of hostile attacks made Mezeres and Demun Strong fighting continues in this sector late tonight
 NOYON QUIET
 PARIS, Mar 2o.-Ofhcal-On the southern flank the German offensive activity is manifested only by few local attacks. These repused without great difficulty by the French In the Noyon the French been able to hold all positions gained yesterday
 GERMAN OFFICIAL
 BERLIN, Mar. 29- Official l-The office tonight issued that during the first week of the great German drive into the allied positions in France 10000 prisoners have been taken together with 100 guns
 SEVENTY-FIVE KILLED
 PARIS, Mar. 9.-Of6cial-Seventy-fve persons were killed and ninety wounded when shell from the German long range gun hit large church during Good Friday service. Most of the victims and small ch- dren The destruction wrought by the explosion of the shell tremendous Many of the wounded it is feared will not live, and others will be crippled for life.
 FRENCH STILL GAIN
 PARIS, Mar. 29.-The French forces violently attacked last night in the region of Montdder by the enemy but without Several assaults made by the Huns in heavy mass formaton but these broken up under the fire of the French guns with heavy losses
 This morning the French forces holding all of the villages captured in yesterdays counter offensive. In ad dton to these towns Monce also taken.
 North of Montddier the combined forces of the French and British held the German thrust The German losses were heavy ~ -
 BRITISH HEADQUARTERS IN FRANCE, Mar. 2o point twelve miles east of Amiens. Only by means of heavy massed attack the Teutons able force the greatly outnumbered British forces to retire.
 South of the Somme river the Teuton made their great attack of the day. The British there battling stub borny and brilliantly against advance which, it be admitted, has been steady. The British forces taking the enemy re in numbers of places have poured in de- structve fire from both rifles and machine gun under which thousands of the enemy have pershed Several of sorties like snow under July sun.
 MORNING SUMMARY
 DATELESS TO ASSOCIATED PRESS MEMBERS. ensve the battle raging between the Scape and Disc rivers entered phase Repused in their efforts pierce the allied lines by direct frontal attacks the enemy has turned his attention to the wings of the salient in the allied lines
 Fighting continues to be extremely heavy along front of hfyve miles, On of this front the allies hold ing their lines steady and nictng terrible losses upon the enemy.
 On the northern flank near Arras General Hag al though giving ground has repused several attacks and held his positions intact between Boseux and Albert
 On the south flank the German gains around Montdi- dier while serious, than offset by the brilliant French offensive south of Noyon The French here continuing to their advantage and may wreck the entire program of the enemy.
 BRITISH HOLD ON SOMME
 LONDON, Mar. 2o.-OA6cial-The war office an- nounced this evening that the British have held their posi- ons the Somme during the entire day In addition to repulsing the eneny assaults, several brilliant tacks have netted the British ground gains.
 In this district yesterday, after holding the line for hours in the face of repeated assaults by numerically peror enemy the British retired perfect order for short distance taking stronger positions than those evacuated The British forces have taken considerable number of prisoners and the enemy suffered exceedingly heavy loss