“I know best how to get out of here. I was here more than Arno,” Tony said. “I’ll lead you.”

“Give him a hand, Arno,” Stan said. “They’re coming through the hedge up above.”

Allison and Stan opened up on a group of Germans breaking through the hedge above. Their gunfire drove the Germans back and allowed Arno and the general time to get Tony up the bank and into the woods.

Whirling, they ran up the bank and overtook the three who were waiting for them.

“Where to now?” Stan asked.

“We have to stay in the woods and keep moving. Near the top of the ridge we’ll find a small lake. There are a number of small huts up there. We can hide in one of them.” Arno spoke quickly.

“But they’ll search every foot of the woods and every hut,” Allison objected.

“They do a very good job of hunting down escaped men,” Stan agreed.

“We might fool them if we hide in the Sachetti villa. They would never think of looking for us there,” Tony said.

“An excellent idea, but how can we get in without being discovered?” the general asked.