The Growth of a Legend a Study Based Upon the German Accounts of Francs Tireurs
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Instead of running away, as these young sol- diers expected, the Germans rushed toward the wood. The volunteers withdrew behind the little wood and took refuge in a farm. The'Germans, again, did not see any uniforms, but on coming out of the wood they noticed some peasants, who, leaving their work, fled precipitately towards a farm situated in a direction opposite to that in which the volun- teers had retired. * The Flemish text runs: "Zy hebben geen soldaten gezien. " The German papers in repr...oducing this passage (see particu- larly the Vossische Zeitung, N0. 212, April 27, 1915) have trans- lated it erroneously and maliciously : " There were no soldiers there. " (Cf. Cahiers Documentaires, livr. Xxx. , p. 6. ) ^ In Oorlogstyd, September, 19 14. Uit het dagboek van Styn Streuvels. Amsterdam, L. J. Veen, p. 48. 134 The Growth of a Legend "The first was near the main road, the other near an old Roman road — close by the spot where the two roads converged. It was natural that the peasants should be suspected of having been the aggressors.
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