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SKAGWAY, ALASKA. TUESDAY, APRIL 1*. 1918
weather retort
Yesterday: M»x. 51. Mia. 33.
No. 63 TWENTY FIRST YEAR
BRITISH HOLD HUNS BAGKiM
ATTACKS AGAINST KOIE RUSE
In Flanders Sector Enemy Artillery Dis
placed But Attacks by Infantry
Continues In Increasing Fury
Lon<k>n. April 16.—Field) Marshal
HaUr. in his rirb.1" report to the
British War office, in speaking of
the batxle for the pofesession. of
Neuve Engllse, said our troops re
mained in poesessioa of the vil
lage.
"The enemy's attacks in this
sector have bee;l pressed wtthi tlia
gTc^est of determination, but he
was unable to 1k>'d any advantage
that he gained for any lenStA*. of
time, and hie losses throughout the
day in the :i>tt»icks have been ex
tremely heavy."
Load on. April •'16.—Mate's re
port relative to the day's battle iji
! the sector ia &nd about Ballleu),
aoui Wulrerghem say* that these
towns are pivotal pointa, and
lhat they ar2 both being held by
the British. I J ; | I | }
Heavy fighting between, the Brit
ish* and Gej<s)*n tqrces, havef taken
ipiace during" the day in Finders.
Notwithstanding thet* the German,
artillery has been displaced, there
h4s been an increased activity in
that sector between Givenchy and
Rcbecq between the infantry t^ops.
Loudon, April 16.—A Russian
wireless message addressed to Ber
lin was picked up last evening,
which said that the offensive or
the Turkish troops along the Cau
casian frvvnt, in which the Turks
were victorious over their enemy,
has been follows*! by the munder of
the whole Armenian population to
the district captured. . .
Peaceful women and children
have been slaughtered in greait
Uiitnibert! without mercy, and their
property plundered and burt>«ed.
LAND IN U. S.
Aa Atlantic Port. Tuesday.—Th«
first body of German prisoners; t«
Arrive iu the I'nited States were
landed today. They "re the members
of the crew rf the submarine U
58 which was sunt by an American
destroyer.
The Hun prisoners ire to he ia
Wned."
3ubecrilje for The I>&lly Alaskan.
Berlin, April 16.—'Asi evening
statement l»ued by tho War Of
fice eayB, "There were eagagmeats
rn the Lys riYer ud on the Wul*
t org hem battlefield, and oa the
northwest of WuJTerzhem the
I enemy's lines were taken, by storm.
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British Officers Admit Allies Must Sus
tain Re vers-s Before War's Great
Crisis Is Passed
® \Vilh British Armies in France.'
Tuesday.—Fresh German trcops con
ttnue to arrive a'! an points) along1
western front from Riu&sia and'
■Ruanaiiia,. and it is now estimated
that 'he Hun fortes on the west
ern front may reach as hitgli an
220 divisions.
The British officers admit that
thei Allies miust withstand furtht*
blows similar to the capture of
BaiUeuJ, and others just past be
fore the wars great crisis is over.
German, artillery is still lxusy
shelling Amiens by day and fcomb
| ing it by night but the Ciuvnon'-'d
[ ing is net as heavy as at first,
; as it is probable chat Von, do Mar-I
witz hopes to establish his head"
quarters theire when he captures it
and does <iot wistai to dcptrvayi it to
tally. I , j . ] j |
London, Tuesday.—Lord Balfour
i i addressing the America^ La
bor delegation ia this city, said
i:i i>art as foliowB:
"it is men we needl now, and the
t'lougbit uppermost in all British,
nl.ids today is 'he confidence^ that j
they have placed in America to I
i". ue forward » id upset' the plans
M' the Germans. The thou®hit pre
dominates all others that America
will be uble to send orieij her la*
i'oniiiiable forces in sucbi overwhelm,
ins: numbers, that it will far aur-1
pass the wildest calculations of the
iennan general staff officer*.
nnmsH destroy tb.v
HERMAN TRAWLERS
AND CAPTl'RB CREWS
London, April 16.—Reports were
griven out by Hie Admiralty this
.morning slating' thnt ten German
trawlers had ljee>n sunk by gunfire
in Cattegat. All the r.rewg of the
destroyed boats were rescued t>>*
British ships. There we<re 110 Brit
ish casualties.
Superintendent V. 1. Hahn/ retnrt"
ed from a business trip t<» WhKo*
h<\rse.
,1114V. I. MOORE SUCCEEDS CHJEE)
Seattle, April 16.—Ben I. Moore.
^ deputy i;i U. 3. District Attorney
C'.ay Alice's office lias been. aff>
I ointed temporary Federal at
t. riH'V to succeed his chief, and it Is
the consensus of opinion I
1 nut he will he appointed to per- .
niantly fill the position.
Hei.ry Dickson, or Glacler was a |
passenger on today's tr^lji, and iwUi
stay here a few Jay* before re
turning home. I 'I :y
"OLD CONTEMPTIBLES" RETURN TO LONDON
Officers of the tirst seven divisions or the unusn army mat eutrrra cue
war In France, called by themselves the "Old Conteinptibles," were flveo a
great reception lu London when they returned from prison camps In Germany.
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Incessant Concentrated Attacks Directed
Since Saturday Finally Force British
To Evacuate Bailleul
London, Tuesday.—A report from
FleJd Marshal Haig'a headquarters
t« the British) War office* today ,-e*
■poirts that Baillouil had been) cap
tured by the TeuitomB.
Ever since early Saturday rcorn
tng the Oermajis have been throwing
■huge forces of troops against
Banjoul. The attacks w^re con
centrated alon^ the Hazenbrouck
railway In the sejetor between Ter
ris and &aet Neuve Englise. By
these thrusts the G-ertmaos hoped
to create tyin salient in the Brit
ish, line at BaiHeul just as they
did at Armentleres.
Balleul lies six miles northwest
of Armentleres, and nine miles from
the great railway oeaiter at H^zeir
brouclt. ! •
A heavy trench, mortar bombard
ment against the British positions
preceded the capture of Bailluol.
The attacking forcos included Ger
main alpine corps and n divisions
of troops.
Three entire divisions closely fol
lowed up a terrific barrage bom
bardment against the British lines
at BaiHeul n-nd Neuve Eglise, be
fore which the British line® weT»
oon.t but not broken.
The fighting oegan early in the
night under cover of" pitchy black
• ' ._,'r "f/?;} \ .
Oa.theSoanme battle fj-ont \\>u
der MaraXUTs. arlfllerf fs speeding
«ip, showing that the Gemma® MC"
ond army is bristling with guns.
There is still considarabl (hell
ing of villages behind tha B ritteb
frof%t. 1,1]
Today's fighHng is the severest
that has taken, place Btoce the
beginning of the present Gerinuo of*
•fensive and this afternoon it la
being continued in aji attam.pt of
lho Germans to try and push' their
way through the British ling! We*t
wa>rd towards Hasenbrock.
An Atlantic Port, Tuesday.—Sec
retary of War Baker arrived he*e
today from his trip to Eutrc4?e.
SEATTLE MUST PROVIDE TRANS*
PORTATION ! |
Seattle, April 16.—Secretary Mc
Adoo has sent orders here that
ample transportation facilities ba
at once provided for all workers
to Md from, the shipyards
Ltl the Seattle districts;
rami position on kuse
STORMEO AND LINE ROLLED UP
Amsterdam, Tuesday.—A| Wolff
bureau dispatch, fj-orn Berlin to the
Zeitung her® says thatf north; of
St. Mihiel Sunday night the xnaini
part of the American position to
the westward and southeastward
of Maiaey, on the right bank1 of tlha
Mcuse, was taken by storm.
The dispatch saj-a that AW
erican line was rolled up deBpita
the hrave resistance made bjJ ti*
defenders of the position. Thd
Americans suffered he&T; cas4
lialties in addition to heayjj Jofluei la
irrisoners taken. *jl
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