"But I shouldn't be surprised to find him mixed up in
this trouble. He's the kind that would be in the thick of it."
Just then there was a flash from the window and a bullet whizzed
by the Army Boys and flattened against the wall on the other side
of the street.
"I'll bet that was aimed at you, Frank!" exclaimed Bart. "That
fellow's a bad shot but he has a good memory."
The shot was quickly followed by others from windows and roofs,
but fortunately, the snipers were in too much of a hurry to take
effective aim, and their bullets did little damage at first.
But as the Americans marched on, they encountered constantly
increasing opposition. Several of the soldiers had been wounded by
the time they had reached the thick of the disturbance. When they
turned a corner into one of the main streets of the town they
found that a barricade had been erected across it, and this
barricade was being held by a small force of Americans, who,
hemmed in on every side by Germans, were finding it a hard task to
hold out against tremendously heavy odds. But the advent of
reinforcements turned the tide of battle for the time being, and
the mob quickly took to its heels and left the Americans a brief
breathing space.
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