"I suppose your squad have no idea you escaped, have they?" asked the
general, who was a very youthful man for his rank.
"I dare say they imagine we are done for," answered Bob. "I think
we should send word to them as soon as we can."
"We have a squadron of pushers going over in the morning, sir,"
remarked the commander to the general, "and if these boys would
like to get over to their own crowd in a hurry they could take a
couple of that new squadron over for us. We are really very
short-handed. It would help us and it might suit the boys. It
would be quite dramatic for them to show up over there in person
after being counted as lost. How would it suit you, gentlemen?"
Both of the boys though it a splendid idea, and as the general
good-naturedly acquiesced, they went to bed early to get up at dawn
and have a trial flight on the two machines which they were to pilot
across the channel.
The new machines were in fine trim, and the whole group were in
France, at the appointed time and place in due course.
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