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LIEUT. PAT O'BRIEN, R. F. C.

OUTWITTING
THE HUN

My Escape from a
German Prison Camp

BY
LIEUT. PAT O'BRIEN
Royal Flying Corps

ILLUSTRATED

HARPER & BROTHERS PUBLISHERS
NEW YORK AND LONDON

Outwitting the Hun

Copyright, 1918, by Lieutenant Pat O'Brien
Printed in the United States of America
Published March, 1918

TO
THE NORTH STAR
WHOSE GUIDING LIGHT MARKED THE
PATHWAY TO FREEDOM FOR A WEARY
FUGITIVE, THIS BOOK IS INSCRIBED
IN HUMBLE GRATITUDE
AND ABIDING FAITH

[CONTENTS]

chap. page
[Preface][xi]
I.[The Folly of Despair][1]
II.[I Become a Fighting-scout][7]
III.[Captured by the Huns][21]
IV.[Clipped Wings][34]
V.[The Prison-camp at Courtrai][53]
VI.[A Leap for Liberty][77]
VII.[Crawling Through Germany][88]
VIII.[Nine Days in Luxembourg][97]
IX.[I Enter Belgium][112]
X.[Experiences in Belgium][132]
XI.[I Encounter German Soldiers][145]
XII.[The Forged Passport][159]
XIII.[Five Days in an Empty House][186]
XIV.[A Night of Dissipation][207]
XV.[Observations in a Belgian City][219]
XVI.[I Approach the Frontier][225]
XVII.[Getting Through the Lines][236]
XVIII.[Experiences in Holland][250]
XIX.[I Am Presented to the King][273]
XX.[Home Again!][281]

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