21ac. Having captured a prisoner, the German left hurriedly, according to Americans? 4,1,6. T-O-A-O-D-R. Took a .?.?.?.?.? Or are some of the letters wrong? Don't get it.
Thanks, ChrisE - a clue/ answer that could make me trilingual, fluent in English, American and German? The American bit was the hardest, but it's in Brewer's.