The weekly Alaska citizen., 1918-09-23
ALLIES BREAK HINDENBURG LINE NORTH OF ST. QUENTIN

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 MOEUVRES IS IN HANDS OF ALLIES LONDON Sept. 2O-The Scottish troops have reoccu- pied the village of Moeuvres to the west of Canbra The village has been the of much hard fighting during the three days and has exchanged hands several times The allied forces have secured strong hold upon the will Ilage, and it is believed they will lose it again GERMANS ENTRENCHED BEFORE METZ WITH THE AMERICANS, Sept l9-'The Germans entrenched in the second line of the Hnden burg defense and active only in defense tactics Every effort that they have made offensive fighting has ended in miserable failure and they apparently willing to in their trenches.
 GERMAN SOLDIERS FOOLED BY OFFICERS
 WITH THE AMERICANS, Sept l9-The German soldiers being badly deceived by their officers evi denced by the action of oue of the captured Germans who begged to be allowed send his comrades telling them that the report that the Americans killing all prisoners is entirely false.
 The Germans have been sending appeals in English to all of the Americans of German ancestry telling them that there greater political liberty in Germany than in Am erica and urging them to join the German forces The sage being very unavoraby received by the Americans BRITISH DRIVE INTO VON HTNDENBURG LINE
 LONDON Sept. l9-I.ast night the British progressed in their drive into the Hndenburg line near St. Que tin aimed the encircng of the To the north of
 ontruet the British reached the ouposts and in the region by the Australians carried the outposts of the famous
 line large number of prisoners captured together with an enormous number of machine guns which had been placed there to stop the drive
 The Germans carried intense bombardment and attack near Trescault but completely repused. The Germans evidently putting forth their greatest efforts to hold their lines and making tremendous counters The best that they have been able do reach the British lines and they entered the trenches they killed captured The allied forces overcoming the Germans and still moving forward SUMMARY
 | ASSOCIATED PRESS SUMMARY, Sept l9-In desperate fighting the British pnging forward into the von Hndenburg line to the north of St. Quentin and
 to the of Cabrai The fighting of an intensity to be compared with the fighting before Verdu and that of
 the Americans on the Marne. The Germans putting every effort into vicious counters aimed tire and destroy
 the British fighting strength All of the Hun attacks have been repulsed and meanwhile the British troops are sweep
 ing forward eess and victorious in their efforts break
 the famous defense line which has been considered mpreg nable by the Germans Along 3O-miIe front from Pon
 re to empire the Huns have been hurled from their ward defenses and several points many of their main
 trenches the hands of the allied forces The British movement IS continuing unchecked.
 | HUNS FAII. TO DISTURB AMERICANS l WITH THE AMERICANS. Sept. 2l-The Germans for fortyve minutes carried an nensvie artillery fire against the American trenches and then forward large body of infantry The Huns forward to where
 they could that the gnn fire had failed to dsodge the Americans and then turned and fled in broken ranks The American rAemen fired and long distance brought down several of the fast fleeing Huns.
 l YANKEE GETS SIX PLANES IN TWO WEEKS 1 WITH THE AMERICANS. Sept. 20.--I.ieut Eddie Rkenbacher is credited with victories during
 two weeks He downed during the past few days and put to flight several of the German planes. l AMERICAN AGE KILLED l WITH THE AMERICANS Sept. l9-Durng the raid which Wednesday resulted in the destruction of five of the American panes Lieut. David Putnam of Brooline Mass. killed Seven German planes attacked Am ericans, the other being Lieut. Wendela Robertson The Yankees put up marvellous defense and kept working ward their lines Robertson finally worked his way and followed by Putnam. but Putnam's machine was badly damaged and crumbled inside the American lines before he could bring it earth and he killed by the fall
 | Lieut.. Putnam descendant of General Israel Put nam and has been credited with twelve victories On June I 10 he downed five German planes in the day. l CZECHS JOIN IN SIBERIA | TOKYO, Sept. 20-The Czecho-Sovaks of the west have joined their comrades from Vadvosok and gathering Urkutsk in preparation for advance