Fighting in France

guns raised to their shoulders and their fingers on the triggers they waited. Undoubtedly some one was

closer came the sound of those who were coming

ried Leon

you, my f

Leon greatly surprised

Garemont," replie

erre was an old friend of theirs, one of their company, and w

een, Pierre?" dem

ed. "But alas I have had but poor luc

u going now?"

attlefield to

k all done

re to be don

gh that passage," remarked Jacques severely. "It

The Boches, they are too stunned b

seriously. "If we go with you you

its however for he felt that his country was on the thresho

the way out?"

ere looking for it when you so rude

sed Jacques. "You lead the wa

ers with the Germans had a quieting effect upon Pierre and Jean. They realized th

e soldiers kept to the one in which they had started. It seemed larger than the others and they decided it must be

er to join in the battle once more. That they were approaching an exit was proved by the fact that the r

t ahead and Pierre held up his hand.

back into the shadow and watched. Evidently the German saw nothing, for a moment later he turned and beckoned and straight

ittle group. His shot went wild however. Like a flash the Germans turned and after one hasty

by the four other members of the squad. At top speed they rushed along th

turned sharply to the left and sp

dea was to come up with his foes and he forgot everything else. He led the others b

re had been no branches to this passage as yet, and conseque

his rifle out in front of him and before the racing Frenchman could check himself he

ecution he gave him the same treatment that Pierre had received. Without a sound h

dead?" ga

said Jacq

," murmu

ues in a matter-of-fact tone. "We ca

He did not like war and he had had no quarrel with anyone. When his country was in peril, however, he had but one thought and that was to do all he could for her. He had done his best and se

any damage again anyway," remarked Ea

ged Jacque

ollowed and the little squad moved forward again. They

all seemed to meet. It was like the hub of a wheel, only ther

ed Earl when they h

ter not stand here any longer though. Some on

see where it leads us." He plunged into one of the dimly lighted aisles a

again. Over their heads the bullets whistled and the projectiles screamed but none of them fell in that particular trench. The French charge had ca

"There are the Germa

cognizable as the tall Prussian they had seen only a short time before. The man in

oes. A moment later the five Germans slopped away, their hands in their pockets to keep their trousers from falling off and shuffli

Leon. "Those Germans couldn't run away o

prisoners back to the

tarted across the battlefield. All of them were of the same regiment but from different companie

belong," cried

lines they could see a fresh battalion of infantry pouring

dead and wounded, some of the latter desperately in need of attention. They had to be l

forcements?" asked one of the men in the sq

s. "Our regiment is ahead there

e at his heels followed his ten comrade