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Show U. S. OFFICERS KILLEDAT FRONT Colonel Smith Receives Fatal Wound Below the Heart Others Are Killed. WITH THE AMERICAN ARMY ON THE AISNE-MARNE FRONT, Wednesday, Wed-nesday, July 2-1. (By the Associated Press) Colonel Hamilton Smith of the United States army, died on July 22 within a few hours after receiving a machine gun wound below the heart. Colonel Smith was making observations observa-tions after a morning attack in anticipation anti-cipation of improving the American positions south of Soissons, near Mis-sy-au-Bois. Lieutenant Colonel Clark Elliott was killed by machine gun fire In the samo sector while inspecting the American front lines. , Major J. M. McCloud was wounded while leading hismen when the Americans Amer-icans crossed the Soissons-Arras road during the offensive. He was wounded wound-ed in the left arm and In the left side by machine gun bullets, but after receiving re-ceiving first aid ho continued fighting. The major was killed soon afterwards bv a high explosive shell. Lieutenant Killed Soon after Major McCloud died, Lieutenant James C. Lodar was killed by machine gun fire near where McCloud Mc-Cloud fell. On different days the following captains cap-tains were killed by machine guns and shells, all of them leading their men when they fell: James A. Edgerton, JullusA. Mood, Alfred R, Hamel, James N. C. Richard, and James H. Holmes. Lieutenant Lodar, Captain Holmes and Major McCloud were burled at a cross roads in a wheat field two kilometers kilo-meters southeast of Missy-au-Bois. Colonel Smith was buried at Orry-la-Ville, near Luzarches, and the' other officers were interned on the spots where they fell. Colonel Was Game Colonel Smith was looking over the edge of a hill, endeavoring to locate the Germans, when he was struck. The Americans already held their objective, objec-tive, but Colonel Smith desired to improve im-prove the position. He was in an outpost, out-post, accompanied by Private Charles Aug of Sacramento, Cal., who rendered first aid and called for assistance. Becoming Impatient, Aug suggested dragging Colonel Smith baok, but the colonel said: "That would be too much of a chance for you, Aug. There is no use of you exposing yourself. The wound is not serious; I can wait." Aug insisted and stnrted with Colonel Colo-nel Smith through a wheat field. There was no complaint from Smith during the trip, Aug frequently stopping to rest and inquire how the wounded man felt, and the colonel replying: "I'm all right; look out for yourself. Those machine gunners can see you move, but not me." They finally reached a farm house where American soldiers were sheltered. shel-tered. The farmhouse was more than 200 yards from tho spot where Colonel Smith was wounded. The injury was dressed, but Colonel Smith died on the way to a field hospital. Tho cemetery at Orry-la-VIlle, whero Colonel Smith was burled, is on a high ground overlooking forests and grain fields, and on clear nights the lights of Paris are visible. |