The weekly Alaska citizen., 1918-09-09
GREAT ADVANCE BY THE FRANCO.
 BRITISH TROOPS
St. Quentin and Cambrai are Seriously Threatened--Strategic Points Cap- tured--Activities in Lys Salient
 --British Win in the Air

LONDON, Sept 7.-Ofical Late Wire-Along l7 mile front extending from Havrncour wood to Beauvois the British forced the Germans to retire for considerable distance The Germans are not finding time in which their supplies they retire and result large quantity is being captured.
 Along the du Nord canal it approaches Cambrai the British have taken point of great strategic value and becoming very serious the Germans in the city, who expecting drive that place almost any time
 BRITISH WIN IN THE AIR
 LONDON, Sept. 7-Oficia-For the first time in al most week the air forces of the enemy appeared in large numbers in efforts check the activities of the British air The result exceedingly disastrous to the enemy, for the British aviators down 3 of their planes and B of them reported being completely destroyed In addition to the planes three of the enemy balloons de- stroyed The British are reported have found thirteen enemy machines missing the result of the days fighting
 FRENCH MAKE BIG ADVANCE
 PARIS, Sept. 7.-I,ate Official Wre-The French ad- vanced deeply four to fve-nle front in the region of the Somme river The St. Quentin canal crossed and the troops threatening the city from the south The German resistance somewhat stronger than was encountered earlier in the day.
 To the south the French advanced the north of Nauxaon and captured an important position of the Ger but the troops in the outer stretches of the Hindenburg line and the going is much harder.
 TERGNfER CAPTURED
 LONDON, Sept. 7,-During the early morning the French occupied the of Tergner which is but three miles from La Fere the Hindenburg lne The greater portion of the Germans had retired from the city and only the few soldiers left to delay the allied attempted to defend the town. The few defenders captured killed and the French scarcely stopped but proceeded through in their rush reach the Hndenburg line be- fore the Germans able perfect their defenses
 During the morning the French advanced to depth of two miles and at several points depth of four miles 2Onie front in the region the south of the Somme The forest of Coucy reached and rapidly being taken It lies directly in front of the main German lines
 The British have advanced practically their entire front and threatening many of the important German points of defense which w if taken the Germans to retreat over large area The fall of Cambra and the surrounding defenses is daily becoming more imminent
 The advance of the allies is continuing today witt rather greater rapdy than expected by the leaders The Germans falling back stronger points of defense rapidly possible, while the allies racing forward n an attempt to beat them to it.
 SUMMARY
 ASSOCIATED PRESS SUMMARY, Sept 7-Ac- cordng to the reports of the positions of the fleeing Ger the allies have occupied very important points along their entire line from the Asne river the west of Cambra They have pushed the Huns back to average depth of mile on the entire front and to much four miles at several places The French have effected large gain on front of fifteen miles to the south of the Somne.
 The allied forces have crossed the Hindenbure line in the Cabrai region and have reached it along consider able front to the southeast of Tergner The remainder of the forces rapidly approaching the line and threat enng the Douai CambraSt Quentin- aon line of cities which IS by far the most important up the Belgian bor der It believed that the stage being set for the greatest of battles and the breaking of the German great line of defenses not only possible but very probable Just what will follow the break is matter of conjecture but there is such line between there and the Belgian border to the line of German deenses inside of their border and general retirement that line is all probable and may be in progress
 The morale of the German army is not good, is shown by captured men who though coming from diff points, agree to such extent that the authenticity of their reports be doubted They tell of refusal obey officers and of the spreading of pacs pamphlets among the soldiers the risk of being shot The soldiers