o,
three, compared with it."

"I'll admit that the axe work was good as a curtain raiser," remarked
Tom. "But the real show was when those machine guns and their crews
were blown to pieces. That made the work of the regiment easy."

"It was classy work," agreed Will Stone, who came along just then and
heard what they were talking about.

"How are the tanks?" asked Frank of the newcomer. "I suppose old Jumbo
is just spoiling for a fight."

"I guess he is," replied Stone, with a touch of affection in his voice
for the monster tank that he commanded, "and from all I hear he's going
to get lots of it."

"I guess we all are," said Bart.

"All little pals together," hummed Billy.

"And it's going to be a different kind of fighting," went on Stone.
"The tide is turning at last. The Hun has been doing the driving. Now
he's going to be driven."

"Glory hallelujah!" cried Billy.

"Do you think that General Foch is going to take the offensive?" asked
Bart eagerly.

"It looks that way," replied Stone. "Of course, I'm not in the secrets
of the High Command, and only General Foch himself knows when and where
he's going to strike. But by the way they're massing tanks here I
think it will be soon. They're gathering them by the hundreds in the
woods, so that the movement can't be seen by enemy aviators. When the
blow comes it will be a heavy one. And do you notice the way the
American divisions are being brought together here? That means that
they'll take a big part in the offensive. Foch has been watching what
our boys have been doing, and he's going to put us in the front ranks."

"Better and better," chortled Billy. "That boy's got good judgment.
He's a born fighter himself and he knows fighters when he sees them."

"Well, you boys keep right on your toes," said Stone, as he prepared to
leave them, "and I'll bet a dollar to a doughnut that within three days
you'll see the Heinies on the run."

Two days passed and nothing special happened. Then at dawn on the
third day, Foch struck like a thunderbolt!

He had gathered his forces. He had chosen the place. He had bided his
time.

The German forces were taken utterly by surprise. Their General Staff
was caught napping. They had underestimated their enemy's daring and
resources. Their flank was exposed, and it crumpled up under the
terrific and unexpected blow.

Thousands of prisoners and hundreds of guns were taken on the first
day, and the succes