Evidently it was one of the wounded who lay on the ground.

At the same time a form could be distinguished raising itself up and then sinking again.

Heedless of the balls which whistled round his ears, Wilhelm raised his head out of the sandpit and looked over the field.

Then he worked himself out on his hands and knees, and to the astonishment of the soldiers in the pit moved away toward the wounded, alone and without hurry or excitement.

Over there on the other side they saw him, and although the artillery did not fire on him, he received a brisk volley of single shots without, however, being hit, and he reached the first group of wounded.