Also, while scouting in the enemy's domain, Hal and Chester had unearthed
a conspiracy that threatened the destruction of a whole French army
corps. By prompt action the lads prevented this and won the
congratulations of General Joffre, the French commander-in-chief.
It was through information gleaned by the lads that the British army was
finally able to surprise the enemy and advance to the east shore of the
River Marne, after a struggle that had lasted for two weeks.
In a battle following this decisive engagement--while returning from a
successful raid--Captain Harry Anderson, who had accompanied them, was
critically wounded and, together with Hal and Chester, taken prisoner.
Hal and Chester, with a French army dog they had rescued from the wrath
of a German officer, were taken almost immediately to Berlin.
There, while strolling about the street one day in company with the
German officer in whose charge they had been placed, they were made, to
their surprise, the bearer of an important communication to the Russian
commander-in-chief.
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