Excerpt: ...said von Arnheim, "that all of you must march at once. You will cross the Marne, and then pass as prisoners into Germany. You will be well treated there and I think you can probably secure your release on condition that you return to your own country and take no further part in the war." John shook his head. "I don't expect any harshness from the Germans," he said, "but I'm in this war to stay, if the bullets and shells will let me. I warn you now that I'm going to escape." Von Arnheim laughed pleasantly. "It's ...
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Excerpt: ...said von Arnheim, "that all of you must march at once. You will cross the Marne, and then pass as prisoners into Germany. You will be well treated there and I think you can probably secure your release on condition that you return to your own country and take no further part in the war." John shook his head. "I don't expect any harshness from the Germans," he said, "but I'm in this war to stay, if the bullets and shells will let me. I warn you now that I'm going to escape." Von Arnheim laughed pleasantly. "It's fair of you to give us warning of your intentions," he said, "but I don't think you'll have much chance. You must get ready to start at once." "I take it," said John, "that our departure means the departure of the German army also." Von Arnheim opened his mouth to speak, but he closed it again suddenly. "It's only a deduction of mine," said John. Von Arnheim nodded in farewell and hurried away. "Now I'm sure," said John to Fleury a few minutes later, "that this army is going to withdraw." "I think so too," said Fleury. "I can yet hear the fire of the cannon on either flank and it has certainly moved to the east. In my opinion, my friend, both German wings have been defeated, and this central army is compelled to fall back because it's left without supports. But we'll soon see. They can't hide from us the evidences of retreat." The prisoners now marched in a long file in the moonlight across the fields, and John soon recognized the proof that Fleury was right. The German army was retreating. There were innumerable dull, rumbling sounds, made by the cannon and motors of all kinds passing along the roads, and at times also he heard the heavy tramp of scores of thousands marching in a direction that did not lead to Paris. John began to think now of Lannes. Would he come? Was Weber right when he credited to him a knowledge near...
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