The
German prisoner looked at them in amazement. Apparently he thought the
whole Allied army was about to follow them in.
"Major," said Chester, "you stand guard over that fellow. I'll have a
look at Hal."
"I'm all right," said Hal, as Chester approached him. "Bullet struck
me in the side, but it is nothing dangerous, I guess. That big German
there nearly choked the life out of me, though. He's a hard customer."
Chester staunched the flow of blood in Hal's wound, and the latter
announced that he was fit as a fiddle.
"The thing to do now is to get out of here," he said.
Under Major Derevaux's direction, Gregory and Crean had securely bound
and gagged the prisoner.
The major now approached Antoinette.
"Have you learned anything?" he asked.
"Yes," replied the girl quietly. "The next German attack will be made
day after tomorrow on this front, in an effort to recapture ground won
by General Byng. There will be no activity now in the Verdun sector."
"But will the enemy weaken his lines there?"
"Such is not the plan. The general staff believes that there are
enough men on this front to go through.
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