The weekly Alaska citizen., 1918-05-27
GERMANS VENT
 SPITE ON DEAD
 AMERICAN BOYS
Enemy Artillery Purposely Smelling ar American Cemetery---Bavarian Troops Lost Fifty per Cent
 in Recent Offensive

WITH THE AMERICANS IN FRANCE, May s. The German artillery is deliberately sheling American cemetery the front lines The enemy shells have up grave four separate times recently It be easily that this accident the part of the German gun ners, but premeditaed plan of the German officers When the first shells fell in the cemetery thought that they the result of faulty am but the repeated action o hs hostile artillery has proven that is the intention of the German forces demolish the resting places of the dead American soldiers.
 In contrast this treatment of ground sacred the allies may be cited incident which occurred this recently. German moraly wounded prisoner taken by the American troops in small engagement with the my The prisoner died within few hours after being cap tured by the Americans This enemy accorded Chris tian funeral and buried in the cemetery which the Germans smelling. His grave marked for identification in the those of American soldiers who have
 BAVARIANs LOSE HEAVILY
 WITH THE AMERICANS, May 25-The Bavarian troops which have just arrived opposite the American northwest of Tou lost at least fifty per of their forces i'll the offensive by the enemy Virtually all of these losses in killed and wounded, only taken prisoner These ranks have not yet been rehled their normal strength These troops in the very heaviest fighting of the offensive and oftmes used stand the brunt of the battle.
 HEAVY ENEMY. SPELLING
 LONDON, May 25.-Oficial-The hostile artillery s very active in the Viers Bretonneux The enemy hurng thousands of shells the allied positions along this portion of the front Other than the heavy artillery action there is nothing reported.
 GERMANS TELL, THEIR SIDE
 BERLIN May OAcal-Owing the arlleryng northwest of Kemmel has been moderate in creasing nermtteny great intensity In connection with the big guns there have been several strong local attacks made by the allied forces during the night Allied attacks north and of Albert have been broken down by the German orces who inflicted heavy losses the attacking troops The German forces threw the allies back in heavy attack the positions in the neghborhood of Hae The best of the allied sormng troops already shot pieces in the engagements with the German forces.
 ARTILLERY ACTION INCREASES
 LONDON, May 25.-Along the Flanders front last night the enemy artillery became active than for time past The Germans bombarded the district east of Betune very heavily It noted that this big gun action is becoming increasingly bitter In raid carried by the British troops two enemy machine guns cap tured well a number of prisoners. This raid made the enemy trenches under of darkness and the British succeeded in returning their positions with losses.
 GETS ANOTHER WITH THE AMERICANS, May 25-I,ieutenant Edward Rckenbacher of the American flying corps credit ed with downing another German plane the neghborood of Thaucourt May 22 Lieut. Rickenbacher has downed several enemy airpanes since his arrival the west front He was formerly well known automobile NYc AIT nvI1 Russian Grand Duke Nicholas will go