Chapter Sixty
The officers of the combat troops ordered the immediate evacuation of the train.
Chaos followed. The men thronged at the door while their superiors shouted conflicting commands. Once outside the train, everyone dashed for his life. In the surge of bodies, Ferrand and Denis became separated.
The Pfalz E.I, a German monoplane, resembled a huge, frail gull, but could carry a 200 pound bomb under its fuselage. When it got closer, the soldiers running away from the train saw the bombshell hanging.
A few hundred meters behind the German plane, a new silhouette became visible behind the thunderclouds.
The French pilot of the Farman MFII had chosen the right moment. The pilot and the bombardier of the German plane were concentrating on the train. The Farman biplane approached th
