They Were Going to Shoot Me!, by Paul Maze | 25 - 28 August 1914 | Episode 26

The author of this thrilling narrative was for four and a half years one of the most remarkable figures on the Western Front. A French artist and a fluent English speaker, he attached himself to the Scots Greys on their landing at Havre and acted as an informal interpreter and liaison officer. Afterwards he was on the staff of Sir Hubert Gough, who pays unstinted tribute to his skill and bravery. Here he tells how during the retreat from Mons he was within an ace of being shot as a spy.