about ten o'clock at night
Germany is well past the peak in man power , as shown in the soldiers of the line . It is also likely that the morale of the German line has its best days behind it . The American ambulance men in the Verdun sector told us of a company of German soldiers who had come across a few nights before to surrender , after killing their officers . They appeared at about ten o'clock at night , and told the French to cease firing at exactly that time the next night for ten minutes and another troop of Germans would come across . The French ceased at the agreed hour and thirty more came over and brought the mail to their comrades ! That , of course , is not a usual occurrence . But similar instances are found .