article_snippet: The three men set out on foot, moving across country, seeking cover in the woods, and sleeping in sheds or haystacks.
article_snippet: The four British men who first found him - from 196 Battery of the 73rd Anti-tank Regiment (pictured, with Lt Sgt Mannion third from right, front row) - has been shrouded in mystery .
article_snippet: The report reads: 'On 21 May 45, at about 1930 hrs, one of the patrols which the Regt sent out daily to neighbouring villages, saw three men emerging from a wood, at Meinstedt. '
article_snippet: his patrol hailed three men emerging from a wood, and when three men emerging from a wood failed to stop, fired a warning shot. '
article_snippet: three men emerging from a wood then approached.
article_snippet: As three men emerging from a wood held no allied release permits, the serjeant in charge of his patrol sent three men emerging from a wood back by truck.'