In Flanders, in 1917, a spy is suspected to have infiltrated the Allied lines. A sentry is posted at “the Gap” with orders not to let anyone through without a pass from the General. Before long, an officer by the name of Boyd Heron attempts to pass and is challenged by the sentry.
Note: Barrowsgate wrote at least two versions of this story. It was originally set, not in Flanders but in the Flers sector of the Somme, and the sentry was an ANZAC soldier. In December 1916, Barrowsgate was involved in trench warfare at Flers where, perhaps not co-incidentally, there was a trench called “Fish Alley”, with a gap or “switch trench”.
This version (published in the Buchan Observer) has clearly been modified for a Scottish readership.