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There was something on the radio (BBC Radio Five) earlier this week.
Some chap found leters (I believe) written by his grandfather who was one of (if not the) intermediary that went over to the German lines (unarmed) when the Germans indicated that they wanted a 'parley'. The German was armed, but said that they wanted a senior officer to agree a ceasefire over Christmas until the New Year.
This developed into the famous game of football.
Following this a new British commander arrived and forbade any collaboration stating that any German that 'revealed' himself must be shot and any Tommy that disobeyed would be charged with treason.
I'm sorry that I don't remember any more detail (either about the incident or the source - it might have been a book).
It's only because the 'numptie' added spam to this thread (now deleted) that I re-read it and recalled the above.
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