The Somme lay between the opposing armies, and in the vicinity of
Eclusier it forms a marshy lake. At flood the water covered the lines
so that soldiers often lost their way, and here Marcelle found another
means of serving France.
The correspondent says:
“Being thoroughly acquainted with the neighborhood, she used to pilot
parties of soldiers. This brought her again close to death. While
leading a squad of men who wanted to dig an advanced trench in the
village of Frise she fell into the hands of a party of Germans.
[Illustration:
_Drawn by Joseph Cummings Chase._