Come on! We'll see if he has found out anything more." For ten minutes after they reached the turret, they could get nothing out of Ivan, who was sending hard, with only an occasional pause to listen to what the other operator sent to him.

Then he sat back with a sigh of relief.
"We were in time!" he said.

"These troops back here are the ones that were supposed to be massing behind Liok, to resist the feint we were making there.

They are too clever, those Germans! They have their airships to tell them the truth, and their railways to move men swiftly from one side to another.

But they have not enough men! We shall beat them yet.