The ambush was complete.

The German signals, either from the sky or the hills, had told when the French were in the valley, and then the German guns had turned aside their fire for the very good reason that they did not wish to send shells among their own men.
John's feeling was one of horrified surprise.

The German cavalry extending across a mile of front seemed countless.

Imagination in that terrific moment magnified them into millions.

He saw the foaming mouths, the white teeth and the flashing eyes of the horses, and then the tense faces and eyes of their riders.