I could not openly have procured his pardon, but now I can control his fate, and prevent his recapture.

Our weapons were accordingly handed over to Simpson, and we at once started for Fort Bridger, knowing that it would be useless to attempt the recapture of our train.

"And suppose you had caused the recapture of a French officer?" "I haven't the least idea that I have caused a recapture; but suppose so?" "Well, and if he was hung, and if the French took the place, you'd be hung too.

Before I reached G.H.Q., Field-Marshal Sir Douglas Haig had already reported the recapture or surrender of eleven villages on the Ancre during February, including Serre and Gommecourt, which had defied our efforts in the summer of 1916.

The latter was expatiating exultantly upon his own bravery and shrewdness in effecting the recapture of his prisoners.

When Jim Travers was reminded that Tom's modest account did not agree with his flamboyant yarn, he said he feared he had got things a little mixed, but that was the way he or Tom would have conducted the recapture had the chance been given them.

That would mean their quick recapture.