:45:02
I went back, sir.
:45:03
In other words, Private Ferol,
:45:07
you retreated.
:45:09
Yes, sir.
:45:11
That's all.
The accused may return to his seat.
:45:14
Just a minute.
:45:16
Mr President, I'd like
to question the witness, if I may.
:45:20
- Proceed, Colonel.
- Thank you.
:45:24
Private, when you reached no-man's-land,
were you alone with Private Meyer?
:45:28
Yes, sir.
:45:30
What happened to
the rest of your company?
:45:32
I don't know, sir.
:45:34
I guess they had been killed or wounded.
:45:36
You found yourself in the middle of
no-man's-land alone with Private Meyer.
:45:41
Why didn't you attack
the Ant Hill single-handed?
:45:48
Why didn't you storm the Ant Hill alone?
:45:50
Just me and Meyer? You're kidding, sir.
:45:53
Yes, I'm kidding, Private Ferol.
Thank you.
:45:57
- That's all.
- Why do you use this line of questioning?
:46:00
I'm attempting to indicate
the utter absurdity
:46:03
of the line of questioning
used by the prosecutor.
:46:07
Mr Prosecutor.
:46:08
So you freely admit, Private Ferol,
that you retreated.
:46:12
Yes, sir. Me and Meyer both.
:46:15
I knew we should have took Ant Hill,
:46:17
but we came on back.
:46:21
(Major Saint-Auban) That's all.
:46:24
The accused may return to his seat.
:46:37
Private Arnaud.
:46:39
- Did you advance?
- Yes, sir.
:46:41
until I was ordered back
to the trenches by Captain Renoir.
:46:45
- How far did you advance?
- Into the wire, sir.
:46:49
The... enemy wire, I suppose?
:46:53
No, sir. It was our wire.
:46:56
You mean to tell me that you didn't
advance any further than our wire?