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`` The parade is dismissed . The men will assemble at five o'clock , in full marching order , with all necessaries and accouterments . '' As Major Tempe ceased speaking , the men broke up from the order in which they had been standing , and crowded round the young Barclays ; shaking them by the hand , patting them on the shoulder , and congratulating them heartily upon the service that they had rendered , and upon the terms in which their commandant had thus publicly acknowledged it . At five o'clock the corps assembled again in heavy marching order and , after inspection , the second , third , and fourth companies marched off ; with their officers , who alone knew their destination , at their head . Major Tempe remained on the ground , with the first company . After waiting for a few minutes , they were marched off in the direction which the others had taken but -- after getting out of sight of the village , and fairly entering the forest -- they turned sharp off , and took the direction of Saverne . Chapter 8 : The Traitor .