New-York tribune., 1918-11-16
Brooklyn, Captain
Killed in Drive on
Hindenburg Line
w. E. Blaisdell, Acting ;.
Major, Refused to Co
Back, Despite Wounds,

Definite word was received in p,.,
lyn yesterday that Captain W F p,., N
dell, 1los st. Johns Place, haa 49,.
killed on September % while, As :.
ing major, he had led his man ~
attack on one of the strongest ,o;..
in the then famous Hindenbprr ~
His parents mad heard indirectly ,s".
the captain had been wounaes '
ured or killed. but had found !,
possible to get confirmation of any - =
por.. se-
Captain Blaisdell was attached % a.
l06th Infantry. made up Of men NV we
the old 14th, 23d and 47th regimen 'a
He commanded the Sd Battalion Z,
day he was killed, and had hsss hs
wounded in the early part of the erS. rSsu
ing. While being carried to the sss ssSs
he ordered the stretcher bearers To nv.
him down. insisting his place was ~
the front with his meE. ~
Despite his wounds, the captain NAV
aged to regain the front line. sss
shortly after was struck down a sac
ond time. this time fatally. Csptsi.
Blaisdell was thirty-one years old ans
attended Boys High School. He Won
his captains commission while serrinr
on the Mexican border, and was slstsS
for majors commission when killeS
He leaves wife and two young SONS
Captain William van Thun, 81. sh2
Lincoln Place, Brooklyn, is reported IA
have died in an accident in France or
October b. He was member OF sle
New York Athletic Club, and heforo
going TO France was assistant secretafv
of the United States Mortgaee apg
Trust Company. He was ATTACKED 10
the 18th Coast Artillery for numhpr
of years and went to the Plsttsbus,
training camp, where he received,
second lieutenant's commission. Can.
tain van Thun won promotion at Cnmr
Upton, first as a first lieutenant ard
later as captain. lie leaves o wife and
twins.
Captain Hamilton X. Foster, son Of
Dr. NJ. L. Foster, Centre Avenue, New
Rochelle, n. Y. was killed in sctieA
October !. While a student at tie
Massachusetts CollSc of Agriculture he
studied in the officers training school
and was commissioned second lieu.
tenant at Fort Slocum. Before going
TO France he saw service on the Mesi.
can border. Captain Foster was cited
for bravery at Soissons. He was %
years old.
Lieutenant Franklyn J. jackson, killed
ln action September 27, while particips,-
ing in an attack or part OF the Hinden-
burg line, was twenty-threc years old
He was graduated from Erasmus Hsa
High School, Brooklyn, and was mem.
ber of the AL Scholastic football team
&C 1914. The young officer enlisted in
the 1st Cavalry in April, 1916. He was
later transferred to the old l4th Reei-
ment. Brooklyn, and won promotion
rapidly.
Captain Fancher Nicoll, commandinr
Company L, 1O7th Infantry. the old
9Th Regiment, was killed in action tte
latter part of September while leading
his company. Before the engagement
was won only twenty-nine men in hs
command survived. Captain Nicpll
served with conspicuous gallantry ina
number of engagements, and as q e-
suit of one was highly commenced BY
the British general commanding the
9th British Division. The captain was
thirty-nine years old. He leaves wiia
and two children.
Lieutenant Edward Warschauer, iSl
East Eighty-ninth Street. was kllsd
while leading a bayonet charge tho
latter part of September. He wis
struck down by a blow from German
rife. Lieutenant Warschauer was .
member of the old list Regimen ~
ten years before the war and servtd
on the Mexican border. He sailed fbr
France as a second lieutenant and won
promotion after getting into action
He leaves a wife.