TO
MY MOTHER
WHO, BY ENCOURAGEMENT AND DIRECT
ASSISTANCE, WAS LARGELY RESPONSIBLE FOR
MY ESCAPE FROM GERMANY, I DEDICATE THIS
BOOK, WHICH WAS WRITTEN AT HER REQUEST.

CONTENTS

PART I
CHAP.PAGE
I.Capture[3]
II.Gutersloh and Clausthal[12]
III.The First Evasion[21]
IV.What Happened to Kicq[26]
V.The Frontier[35]
VI.Paying the Piper[48]
VII.Removal to a Strafe Camp[56]
VIII.Fort 9, Ingolstadt[67]
IX.Captors and Captives[87]
X.Attempts to Escape[103]
XI.An Escape with Medlicott[127]
XII.Short Rations and Many Riots[139]
XIII.A Tunnel Scheme[149]
XIV.The Bojah Case[163]
XV.The Last of Fort 9[172]
XVI.We Escape[182]
XVII.Through Bavaria by Night[199]
XVIII.Through Wurtemberg to the Frontier[213]
XIX.Freedom[230]
PART II
I.Arabs, Turks, and Germans[241]
II.One more Run[257]
III.To Afion via Constantinople[284]
IV.The Round Tour Concluded[300]

ILLUSTRATIONS

PAGE
Sketch-Map of Clausthal[20]
Sketch-Map of Fort 9, Ingolstadt[102]
Sketch-Map Showing Route of Escape from Germany[188]
Sketch-Map Showing Plan of Escape in Palestine[210]