Note 60 — XI. THE ATTACK ON THE CHÂTEAU DE WOUMEN

This, however, is not certainly established. For this account of the closing scenes of the attack we have followed the narrative of the correspondent of La Liberté, which appeared to us trustworthy. This correspondent says, "They [the prisoners] had no time to retreat, so sudden and furious was the attack. Carried away by their excitement, the Marines never saw that the pavilion was full of Germans. It was not until three hours later that a Prussian non-commissioned officer walked unarmed out of the building and surrendered with his party to the first French officer he met." We have been authoritatively told that nothing of the kind took place. "The attack reached the Château, but failed to carry it."