He’d tucked himself in the thickest leaves close to the trunk and a caterpillar dangled off a branch in front of his face as he pushed Luc’s binoculars through rustling leaves. There was a decent view down two of the roads leading to the bridge, but he was picking up sound from a third route which was shielded by trees. He spoke down to Edith. ‘I can’t see, but there’s a lot of dust and exhaust smoke.’ ‘Shall I go and tell the others?’ Edith asked. As Edith said this, a small command tank bristling with radio aerials passed a gap between trees. It was followed closely by something much bigger. ‘Tiger!’ Daniel said happily. ‘You’re sure?’ Daniel nodded. ‘Get running!’ As Edith scrambled off to Marc at the detonation point, Daniel watched fourteen vehicles passing the gap, including four Tigers, a gunless command tank and several support trucks. By the time he’d counted this lot and made it back to the ground, Edith had alerted Marc and now ran towards PT and Michel in their hidden artillery position.
