The weekly Alaska citizen., 1918-08-05

the planes rakng the Huns at almost every opening
 The capture of Soissons is just small incident in the grand scheme which the allied leaders have worked out under the direction of General Foch Just how fast the ad may take place is matter of guess, but far the allies have advanced easier and rapidly than they Epected to.
 mans after the second day of their offensive which started May z and within very short period all that |they captured in that offensive will be in the allied hands There have been many rumors concerning the burning |of Fsnes the great German bae but up until the present time they have been unsubstanaed The present reports are officially confirmed and there is doubt that the Ger man supplies are burning It possible that the allied air men have set the fires with bobs but it is believed that |the Huns have fired their supplies which nfammabe means that they are planning further retreat and that their resistance to the south of the Aisne is broken The allies within five miles of Fishes VESLE RIVER REACHED PARIS Aug 3.-The French have reached the Vese river and preparing to it. The Germans tnuing to retreat toward the Asne river It is believed that the Germans will be unable to hold the Vese river because the allies will be able debouc troops in their and thus break up any resistance which they may attempt form. The French have reached the Aisne between So sons and Venize, which is about three miles the SoissonS.
 HUN RETREAT IS GENERAL,
 LONDON, Aug 3-The German retreat is not con- fined the side of the Marne salient but is general extending all the way around Rheims. The three sides |of the salient have been conquered and the Huns tiring rapidly with the allied troops their heels The has been the greatest in the vicinity of Soisson be- cause of the importance of the places that front Sos sons has always been considered the key to Pars and the Huns were 10th to leave 1t.
 OBJECT OF OFFENSIVE IS TO KILL HUNS WASHINGTON, D. C., Aug 2-General March has stated that the objective of the preesnt offensive by the al
 lies and the Americans is destroy the German army and the results show that the troops have succeeded greater extent than hoped for The maximum retreat of the Germans has been sixteen miles, The AsneMarnc salient has been reduced from sevenyfour to forteight miles,
 The pounding of the British and the French on the Herman Hanks led sudden collapse of the German Tha had hrOL rapIt only thing lett tor the enemy sudden retreat The coapse due the terrific slaughter by the allied guns land much than the German officers expected
 The resistance broken that the French simply walked into Soissons.
 The Germans were driven back without time to bury their dead and though they tried hard the allied could not follow the retreating Huns without walking the bodies of dead Germans The sight sckenng and hundreds of soldiers have been busy buryng the dead A confidential message General March states that lit seemingly impossible for the troops gather the guns and the supplies that the Huns have left behind hem be- of the Large bodies of soldiers have been de- tailed to gather in the captured supplies and equipment but they will require days yet for completing the work Many provisions and munitions which could have easily been de- soyed by fire left behind the taking place rapidly that the Huns did have time fire them The department is without any information gardng the American casualties but expected that they will be high.
 ONE MILLION MEN UNDER PERsH1NG WASHINGTON D. C., Aug. 3.-Major Gen. Hunter igge who is in command of the first American army cops which is leading the of the allied drve says that at the present time General Pershng has under his direct command 100000 men,
 The Forty National Guard division met and completely defeated the crack Prussan Guards without any apparen eort and after defeating them pressed forward and defeated more fresh troops of the enemy. | The which make up the Forysec division come
 from twentysx different states and the District of Colu ba The infantry which did of the fighting for the part from Michigan Wisconsin, New York; Ohio, Georgia, Alabama and Iowa.
 l There is danger of man shortage among the Am ericans. Three hundred thousand embarked during the month of July, breaking all prevous records More rope their way
 | ALLIES ARE TO THE AISNE | LONDON, Aug 3-The French have recaptured Sois- After the city fell they pressed through the tow driving the Huns across the Aisne river. The French quickly spread the and west and in short time occupied five miles of the south bank of the Marne The