"Yes," replied von Lindenfelt. "All except those who killed and wounded are."
"I am anxious to find a certain individual known as von Gobendorff," continued the British subaltern. "Can you give me any information concerning him?"
The oberst seemed considerably taken aback.
"I do not know any person so called," he replied after a slight hesitation.
"Think again, Herr von Lindenfelt," prompted Wilmshurst. "The man we want is von Gobendorff, otherwise known as Robert MacGregor, and is known to have belonged to the forces under your command."
Von Lindenfelt shook his head, this time resolutely and defiantly.
"I do know not," he declared.
It was practically useless to press the question. There were, Wilmshurst argued, other means of finding out.
Setting a guard over the prisoners Dudley sent a file of Haussas to explore the dug-out. In less than a minute the corporal returned.
"Number one big hole, sah," he reported. "Me no find no one time man in no place."