 Abdelkader and Yassir attempt to flee, but Yassir is shot in the back by a German.However, just as the corporal is cornered, more colonial troops arrive and drive the Germans out of the village.As columns of Free French forces begin to move through the area, Abdelkader sees the colonel passing in his jeep, but the white commanding officer ignores him and he is pulled away by a staff officer who asks him where his unit is.