FRANCE CLAIMS FIRST AMERICAN DEAD.
BURIAL OF THE THREE WHO LOST THEIR LIVES IN CAUSE OF THE ALLIES MARKED BY MOVING CEREMONY. With the American Army m France, Nov. 8. The first three American soldiers killed' m the trenches m France are now resting m French soil, honored by the American Army, and the people and army of France. The interment took place on Tuesday. With a guard of French infantrymen m their picturesque uniform, of red and horizon blue standing on one side and a detaahment of American soldiers on the other the flag-wrapped coffins were lowered 1 into the grave as the bugler blew "taps" and the batteries at the front fired minute guns. The French officer commanding the division m this' section paid tribute to the fallen Americans.
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Poverty Bay Herald, Volume XLV, Issue 14495, 5 January 1918, Page 9
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