The Boy Allies in the Trenches; Or, Midst Shot and Shell Along the Aisne (e-book) (used book) | bookbook.eu

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"Well! Well! Well! If it isn't Lieutenant Paine and Lieutenant Crawford!" The speaker, none other than Field Marshal Sir John French, commander-in-chief of the British forces sent to help France hurl back the legions of the German invader, was greatly surprised by the appearance of the two lads before him. "I thought surely you had been killed," continued General French. "We are not to be killed so easily, sir," replied Hal Paine. "And where have you been?" demanded the General. "In Russia, sir," replied Chester Crawford, "where we were attached to a Cossack regiment, and where we saw considerable fighting." General French uttered an exclamation of astonishment. "How did you get there?" he asked. "And how did you return?" "Airship," was Hal's brief response, and he related their adventures since they had last seen their commander. Hal then tendered the General a despatch he carried from the Grand Duke Nicholas, commander-in-chief of all the Russian armies operating against the Germans in the eastern theater of war. "You shall serve on my staff," said General French finally. He summoned another officer and ordered that quarters be prepared for the two lads immediately.