"Pretty hard," said Hal, shaking his head sadly.
"I should say so," Chester agreed. "It seems to me that those fellows
could have been stopped."
"It doesn't to me," declared Hal. "The way they swept into our trenches
seemed to me beyond human power to stop. I'm glad they stopped when they
did. They probably could have gone farther."
"They'll try again to-morrow," said Chester positively.
"I'm afraid so," agreed Hal; "and if they do, I'm afraid they'll drive us
back again."
"And what's the reason?" demanded Chester.
Hal shrugged his shoulders.
"I don't know," he said. "Of course they can only progress so far.
They'll wear themselves out by their own exertions. They lost a great
deal more heavily than we did to-day; but certainly it seemed as if
nothing could stop them."
There was little rest for Hal and Chester that night. It seemed to both
that they had hardly closed their eyes when they were again summoned to
General Petain. Assembled there they found the entire staff. The French
commander was reviewing the events of the day and issuing orders and
instructions rapidly. He realized that there would be more and probably
harder fighting on the next day and he was laying his plans
accordingly.
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