Then they came into a shallow stream about twenty feet wide that would have been called a creek at home.

Its banks were fairly high, lined on one side by a hedge and on the other by willows.

Instead of following the path any further the Germans turned into the bed of the stream and drove down it two or three miles.

The roar of the artillery from both armies was now very great, and the earth shook.

Once John caught the shadow of a huge shell passing high over their heads.
All the prisoners knew that they were well beyond hope of rescue for the present.