The men bestirred themselves.
"You are in luck, gentlemen," said the lieutenant.

"This battery has been idle all day, but now it is to begin firing.

The order to fire just came.

The balloon operator, who is in communication with the observation pits beyond the foremost infantry trenches, will give the range and the distance.

Listen, please." He held up his hand for silence, intent on hearing what the man at the telephone was repeating back over the line.