The latter had not seen them, so quietly had they crept along. Hal, Chester and Lieutenant Anderson were upon them before they knew it, their men right behind them. Seeing that they were far outnumbered, the Germans did not put up a fight.
The hands of all three immediately went into the air, and one of them called out in German:
“We surrender.”
“Dismount!” ordered Hal, and the Germans obeyed.
“This is what I call luck,” said Hal to his friends.
“What do you mean?” demanded Lieutenant Anderson.
“Why,” said Hal, “here we have three horses and three German uniforms. If that isn’t luck, I don’t know what is.”
Quickly the three Germans were stripped of their uniforms, bound and gagged.
When Hal, Chester and Lieutenant Anderson had donned the German uniforms, Hal called three of the British troopers to him.
“You men,” he said, “will leave all your weapons here, except your revolvers, which you will hide in your clothes. Then you will accompany us, afoot, apparently as prisoners.”