The train from which they had descended was hauled out and quickly shunted out of the way on a siding.

The freight trains pulled in, going to various sidings before huge warehouses in which the food and fighting supplies were stored until wanted closer to the front.

It was a scene of deafening noise and what looked like indescribable confusion.

Yet everything moved according to a plan.
"Let us come where we can hear our own voices!" shouted Captain Ribaut in the major's ear, and led the way.

Behind the station they found a limousine car awaiting them.