The weekly Alaska citizen., 1918-10-14
(DAY REPORT.) GREAT DRIVE BY AMERICANS.

(DAY REPORT) | '' GREAT DRIVE BY AMERICANS. WITH THE AMERICANS Oct. 11-Ihe Americans
 have hit the German lines the of the Argonne forest terrific blow and driving them from of their most strongly fortified positions.
 The villages of Sommerance, Cheveres and MarcQ have been captured by the Americans and the ridge of Dame
 Marie has been sormed in the face of strong German de
 ense battery. The fight for the ridge hard and ted the Americans about thousand prisoners and the |ground srewn with the German dead. | AMERICANS FIGHT BEFORE BREAKFAST WITH THE AMERICANS, Oct 1l.-Before daylight this morning. when the weary Germans catching few moments of badly needed sleep the Americans opened rife artillery fire and started the infanfy action The Germans attempted to make strong reply the Amer ican artillery but completely outclassed.
 Many fires reported behind the German lines but it is not known whether they caused by the Germans they prepared for by the American shells but is believed that the last named the real cause although it is thought that the Germans will make any effort put the fires except where the German supplies are threatened
 | GREAT BATTLE IS RAGING. WITH THE BRITISH AND AMERICANS, Oct H.. 1.-The great battle to the east and southeast of Catrai raging thirty mile front and is rapidly spreading out towards the north The allied forces gaining every where and the enemy along great portion of the front putting up virtually opposion The bulk of the enemy artillery have fled beyond the range of the allied artillery The German troops attempted to make quick retreat but the great pressure of the allied de- ected the first withdrawal and the fierce thrust which fol lowed is still in progress and is carrying ruin in its wake so far as the Germans concerned. | HUNS EVACUATE THE CHENIIN DIES DANES. | LONDON, Oct 1l.-The Germans evacuatng the Chemn Des Danes which is the highway running between the Alette and the Ane rivers along which the Germans have established elaborate Qualifications The allied pressure is gradually turning the Funding
 line, which located behind Laon and is making the Ger man situation about Iaon most difficult. retreat wide great depth is unavoidable unless the Germans bring great numbes of to the front which highly improbable
 HUNS MUST LEAVE ST. GOBAIN FOREST. | LONDON, Oct. 11--The battle reports indicate that the Germans leave St. Gobain forest immediately be surrounded by the allied troops which rapidly clos | ing in on the German salient in that district The loss of the St. Coban forest will remove of the most difficult barriers the advance of the allied forces
 in the crushing of the aon fortress which has been the key position to the great German defense line The Germans
 long thought that if they held Iaon they could hold back the allied arnes but when the break they found themselves helpless to the initiative which esary to keep their lines intact With laon of the it quite probable that the allied advance will never stop til the Germans of France and back into Germany behind the defense line of Metz and Strassburg. j SUMMARY
 I ASSOCIATED PRESS SUMMARY, Oct. ll-The German grip France is oosened and is rapidly slipping
 The process of herng the Teuons back proceeding Fl increasingly rapid pace
 I Since the July offensive started the Pcardy fields
 the allied forces have advanced fortyfve miles from the village of Ance Albert to the tip of the present Brit T isf American wedge near Ie Cateau. I Twenty five miles will bring the allied forces to 1.-the Belgian frontier to the south of Maubeuge The Ger mans carrying general retreat along of their I front in France and Belgium The Huns attempting to move back most of their materials of before the sol withdrawn but the allied has been great that in many instances the German plans have failed peey and consequently great quantities of supplies have fallen the allied armies The German retirement to behind their Metz line will be rapidly carried because of the extreme sowness with which they their supplies and