They were "in [Murrow's] own image, sartorially impeccable, literate, often liberal, and prima donnas all".[47] They covered history in the making, and sometimes made it themselves. On March 12, 1938, Hitler boldly annexed nearby Austria, and Murrow and the Boys quickly assembled coverage with Shirer in London, Edgar Ansel Mowrer in Paris, Pierre Huss in Berlin, Frank Gervasi in Rome, and Trout in New York.[48] This bore the now-ubiquitous News Round-Up format.