When arrested it helped to save him from being shot as a spy, and it was almost sure to lead him to jail.

The only way we could hope to win out was through the good nature of an officer or his ignorance of the rules.

Many officers did not know that at the front correspondents were prohibited.
As in the old days of former wars we would occasionally come upon an officer who was glad to see some one from the base who could tell him the news and carry back from the front messages to his friends and family.

He knew we could not carry away from him any information of value to the enemy, because he had none to give.

In a battle front extending one hundred miles he knew only his own tiny unit.