Just south of Roy the long battle line--which had previously stretched
straight southward--swerved suddenly to the east. The lads turned with
it all right, but too soon. Instead of going straight south to the
banks of the river Aisne, as they should have done, they turned
eastward some distance north of this river, and were in trouble before
they realized it.
Neither lad thought anything of the fact that they were pushing straight
through the mass of French troops in this region, and it was not until
they had come into an isolated region--an opening between the two great
armies--that Chester surmised there was something wrong. The desolate
appearance of the land spelled suspicion to him, and, leaning forward in
his seat, he shouted to Hal:
"Slow down, quick!"
Hal obeyed without question and then turned to his chum to ascertain the
reason for this abrupt command.
"We must have gone clear through our own lines," Chester explained. "If
we hadn't, certainly there would be troops about. I believe we must be
right between the two armies.
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