The weekly Alaska citizen., 1918-10-07


 able to withstand the pressure which has been brought to bear by the combined forces of the Americans and French. The fort of Brimont to the north of Rheims has fallen to the allied troops as has Moronvilers to the east of Rheims. The allied troops hold nearly the entire course of the Arnes river and have crossed the Suippe river at number of points. It is almost hopeless for the Germans to attempt to hold the allied troops south of the river.
 HUNS EVACUATED LILLE
 WITH THE BRITISH, Oct D. The British have made wide gains to the west of Lille and have reach, ed tfc Hautedule canal line The Germans are evacuating Lille and retl eating with all the supplies that they can carry rapidly to the east ward.
 RESISTING YANKEES WITH THE AMERICANS. Oct. ,. The Americans in the Verdun sec tor ale meeting desperate resistance along the new defense line which they have encountered. They have beaten back the Germans who made a series of desperate counters in an attempt to throw back the Amer- very violent with the Americans hay | ing the better of it even though | they have had to move ur their ar tllery from the rear
 SUMMARY.
 ASSOCIATED PRESS SUMMARY, Oct 5, The French and Americans are delivering a series of terrific smashoa against the German posi- | tions on the Champagne front. The enemy has been forced to surrender yaluab ble ground in the hill country and as a result will be forced to evacuate large areas. The greater portion of the fighting was near the Suippe river to the northwest of Rheims and to the west of the Ar | gonN". The fighting is heavy on practically all of the fronts with the allied forces slowly breaking down the resistance of the enemy.
 MINES DESTROYED. BRITISH HEADQUARTERS. Oct. 5.--Tr, British have entered Lens and find that much of the city is dc3tr0, ed and also many of the large coal mines have been almost oblitcr- ated, The large city hall, inonu- menl' and many houses have been reduced to heaps of ruins.
 GREAT PROGRESS GY ITALIANS ROME, Official, Oct. D.. Tie Ital ians are rapidly progressing to the Inorthward in Albania The forces are at the present pressing forward thirty miles 10 the northeast of Berat
 Thirty thousand of the Bulgarians on the MonastirKechevo road sur rendered without a struggle on Thursday as the result of the sign ing of the almistice. The Austrians have attacked the Italisn to the north of Grappa on the mountain front in northeatern 1 Italy and were repulGed in all but one place where they gained a slight i footing.
 HAIG'S REPORT. LONDON, Oct. 5.-Generai Ilaig re- ports that the progress around Mont brehain and Beaurevoir in St. Quen- tin district is satisfactory, He says that the Germans are withdrawing to high ground between Le Catelet and Crevecoeur which they will probably try to hold but the allied tanks will find little difficulty in dis lodging them.
 AUSTRIA HAS TWO SHIPS LEFT. LONDON, Oct. 5.-The British naval expert Archibald Hurd, said that Austria has only two modern vessels of war left as the result of recent activities of the allied fleets | in destroying the great Austrian base at DuraZzo. The allied forces are now free to open naval operations | in the vicinity of Trieste. BIG ADVANCE BY AMERICANS PARIS, Oct. 5.-The Americans have advanced over a wide front between the Mouse river and the Argonne region. At many points they have captured villages and on a wide front have advanced for over one mile.
 All of the correspondents who are near the American sector unite in saying that the work of the Ameri cans is exceptionally brilliant and no matter what the form of fighting or the odds, the Americans are com | ing off victoriously and the world will be greatly surprised to learn what the Americans have done at this front where the Germans are greatly consolidated and are fighting with all the strength in their pos session to save their communication lines.
 COMMUNICATIONS THREATENED WASHINGTON, Oct. 5.-General March has told the newspaper men that the American advance to the northwest of Verdun was threaten ing the greatest single line of com- municatiOn that the Germans have to the western battle fields. The Germans are making every effort to save the artery which is now only sixteen miles from the Americans,