As one young man wrote at the time: “The Chaplain hurried forward, saluted the German Commander, and began to
talk to him and his staff. Almost at the same moment
a hare burst into view and raced along between the
lines. Scots and Germans leapt from their trenches
and joined in the eager chase. The hare was captured
by the Germans, but more was secured than a
hare. The truce of God had been called, and the rest
of Christmas Day was filled with peace and goodwill.”