"Then hurry and take your
departure, Mr. Stubbs."
Stubbs needed no urging and he disappeared from the general's tent with
agility; and Hal called after him:
"Better hunt a hole, Mr. Stubbs; we'll be on your trail in a few
minutes!"
CHAPTER XXI
THE TURNING OF THE TIDE
In the days immediately following their interview with General Petain,
the lads saw much fighting; and with the close of each day there came
bitterness to them, to the French troops, their officers and to the
people of France and of all the allied nations.
For the armies of the German Crown Prince continued to advance steadily
in spite of the heroic resistance of the French; and it began to appear
that the "Gateway to France" must ere long fall into alien hands.
Day after day the Germans hurled themselves forward in herculean efforts
to break the French lines; and most every day found them fighting a
little nearer to Verdun. In vain the French attempted to stem the
onslaught of the invading forces; the Germans were not to be denied.
On the days when the fiercest of the German assaults were made, it was
learned that the Emperor of Germany had directed the assaults in person.
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