The Daily Ardmoreite. [volume] (Ardmore, Okla.) 1893-current, 1918-01-31
AMERICANS DIE
UNDER FIRE Of
HUN SHRAPN
CASUALTIES OCCURRING ALMOST
DAILY ON ONE SECTOR, Is
NEWS FROM FRONT.
BURIED ON BATTLEFIELD
One Man Blown to Pieces by Shell as
He Was Following His Colonel Into
DugOut-Americans Pounding Ger.
mans, Whose Losses Are Severe.
(By the Associated Press.

10Y lllG AbSOCl1Lcu lEtSSJ
With the American Army in France,
Jan. 80 (Wednesday)--Au American po-
iiton on a certain sector Of the Frencn
front was raided during a heavy fog
shortly after daylight this morning
rhe attack was preceded by a violent
lrtillery barrage.
Two Americans were killed and four
Wounded. One soldier is missing and
IS believed to have been captured by
the enemy
When Shells Came.
Last night was fairly quiet through
)ut the American sector. The usual
lumber of shells came over, doing no
lamage, and there were the customary
sporadic outbursts of machine gun fire
from both sides at points where the
opposing lines are nearest.
At daybreak this morning the heavy
fog that had been enveloping the whole
position and the country for miles
around for several days became still
thicker, blOtting out all except the
three muffled reports sounded through
the fog. There were three whistles
followed quickly by three shell bursts
The projeetiles exploded on three sides
Of an American listening post just out
'ide the wire, within 45 feet of an
enemy listening post.
Then hell broke loose" said one Of
o =.
anemy broke hundreds of high explo
sive rs around the post and the sur
rounding ground, cutting off the men
there. Two of them were killed in the
irst few minutes.
Another Terror Moment.
Another man who was at the post
told the correspondent later as he was
lying on a cot in a field hospital thar
he saw four Germans approaching out
IF the fog as the barrage lifted. He
brought his automatic rifle into play
md saw two of the Germans fall. He
kept on firing until shell splinters hit
him in the head and arm.
THE last l remember before reached
the hospital with another wounded man
is seeing something moving through the
fog. l determined to get some Ger
mans, and put my rifle to my shoulder
but never pulled the trigger. There
was a deafening explosion behind me
Frozen earth, ice stones and shell
| splinters came my way"
Inspection of the scene of the ralc
showed that the ground was ploughe5
up by the explosion of shells.
Casualties have been occurring al
most daily for several days on this sec
tor. 1t is now permitted to disclose
that all the recent casualties given out
from Washington occurred in this sec
tor. The deaths were caused by shell
fire, mostly shrapnel.
One man wounded was hit by Z
sniper's bullet. He fell in a trench
filled with water and almost drowned
before he was rescued by his captain
Several of the wounded had been LISTED
as accidental woundings. These were
mostly wounds on the hands.
It is known that the enemy casual
ties from the American cannon and ma
chine gun fire have been as great OIL
greater than ours.
The casualties given out in Washing
ton recently occurred over a certain
recent period. The dead were burleC
within the sound and range Of the guns
One man was blown to pieces by c
shell in a regimental headquarters
town as he was following his colone
into a dugout.
Three men were killed by one shell
which fell in a trench and another dieJ
of wounds in a hospital. Quite few
Of the men sent to hospitals wer,
wounded in the upper part Of the bod!
or on the head from shrapnel
For military reasons, 1t has been in
advisable to send earlier or other de
tails.