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For two 'kilos' the four lines of Marines were as straight as a die, and their advance over the open plain in the bright sunlight was a picture I shall never forget. The fire got hotter and hotter, men fell, bullets sung, shells whizzed-banged and the dust of battle got thick. "Lieut. Overton was hit by a big piece of shell and fell. Afterwards I heard he was hit in the heart.