The weekly Alaska citizen., 1918-08-26
FRIDAYS REPORT OF THE WAR


 WITH THE FRENCH Aug 22-Late wire-The Germans rapidly rereang before the advancing French troops The best of the German complicated systems ot de ense have been broken before the determined allied at ack and have taken the spirit out of the Ger The speed of their retreat increasing and in has broken into disorder The disorder pro ounced by the French leaders to be very good sn of the waning morale of the German troops. Their fighting ability depends large extent upon their organization and once broken they will fight we'll individuals so that may be easy such retreat into great disaster such as before happened except the betrayed Russians
 BIG CAPTURES BY FRENCH
 PARIS Aug. 22.-Late official wre-The French troops have captured villages to the northwest of Sossons and steadily pushing the Germans back to the and north The drive along the whole front con- poan point that has been taken during the past two days for has opened the way the capture of the heights to the north of the Aisne which control large section ot ter rory the east The quantity of supplies and ma erials which have been captured is very large During days many of large caibre have been captured, over 200 having been counted so tar.
 YANKEE AVIATORS ACTIVE
 WITH THE AMERICANS, Aug 22.-The American avaors have bombed Longuyon and Audun e-Roman, to tine northwest of Verdun, both important railroad functions Tracks and roundhouses subjected to the bomb ex posons which all but demolished the structures and tracks The avators returned safely their bases after dropping all of the bombs which they carried out.
 HUNS FIGHTING HARD
 PARIS, Aug. 22.-General Byngs British army is meeting with desperate resistance the village of Ba paume The village of Aciele Grand at the junction of the Bapaume railroad has changed hands several mes and present in the hands of the British who have appar eny killed off of the Germans who defending and are killing the reserves they come The British are doing brilliant work against of the best fighters the German army The allied endurance appears greater than that of the Huns and the longer the struggle lasts the weaker the Germans growing in comparison with the
 The French have reached Aiette and it is expected that the Germans will soon retire to the Disc river.
 BERLIN REPORT
 A,o The ali ed prolonged and desperate attack long front in the P cardy region Since August the German troops have used in attempts to advance their lines
 HUNS RESIST FRENCH
 LONDON, Aug. 22.-Along the Disc river the French steadily pushing the Germans back in spite of the stub born resistance of the Germans who apparently realize the danger with which the French threaten them by their ad back of Noyon retirement along long front is to follow the continued advance.
 OVER 100000 CAPTURED SINCE JULY IS
 PARIS, Aug 22.-The Echo de Paris says that the French alone have captured 100000 prisoners July 18 Besides the Germans captured by the French there have also been thousands captured by the Americans and British.
 THOUSANDS OF HUNS CAPTURED
 LONDON, Aug. 22.-Of6cal- 1.-The British attacking the Germans between the Somme and the Ancre have crossed the Arras- -Baupaume railroad which the east from the Abert-Arras railroad The Germans resisted desper ate and about 5000 of them captured before they could make good their after their lines broken
 FRENCH FOLLOW HUNS DURING NIGHT
 PARIS, Aug. 22.-Ohica-Durng the night the Ger mans were driven back distance of one to two miles over front of 20 miles from Lasgny the Ailette river Ali many points the Germans retreated voluntarily and endeav ored outdistance the French, but in spite of the dsad vantage of following enemy the dark the French kept hot their trail and whenever the Huns stopped the fighting began and sometimes there plenty in between the stops, with the Germans getting much the worst of it. The especially rapid between the Disc and the Metz At several points where the Huns protecting line of retreat the resistance exceedingly stub born and little could be done during the night Heavy tilery will have to be brought up to dislodge them.
 To the east of the Disc river the French captured era small villages and reached the Dvette river the of Noyon The villages of Le-Plemon Thicourt and Can Court taken To the south and of Noyon