Recognizing the seriousness of the charges implied by the recital, all those concerned with it are extremely anxious that the correctness of the account should constitute its chief value: In short the intention has been to make of the story a readable history.

The main facts—having to do with the destruction of the regiment on the eighth of May, 1915, the identity and activities of the individuals mentioned and the more important of the later happenings, including the final escape into Holland—are matters of official record and as such have frequently been mentioned in the official dispatches. The more personal details are based on the recollections of Corporal Edwards' retentive mind, aided by his very unusual powers of observation and the rough diary which he managed to retain possession of during his later adventures.

For the events preceding the capture of Corporal Edwards on the eighth of May the author has relied upon his own recollections; as he too had the honor of having been "an original Patricia."

G.P.

Sept. 1, 1917.
Toronto, Canada.

CONTENTS

CHAPTER PAGE
I[Polygon Wood]14
II[The Fourth of May]20
III[Corporal Edwards Takes up the Tale]23
IV[Major Gault Comes Back]28
V[The Eighth of May and the Last Stand of the Princess Pats]33
VI[Prisoners]45
VII[Pulling the Leg of a German General]61
VIII[The Princess Patricia's German Uncle]70
IX[How the German Red Cross Tended the Canadian Wounded]76
X[The Curious Concoctions of the Chef at Giessen]81
XI[The Way They Have at Giessen]86
XII[The Escape]104
XIII[The Traitor at Vehnmoor]115
XIV[Away Again]123
XV[Paying the Piper]140
XVI[The Third Escape]158
XVII[What Happened in the Wood]177
XVIII[The Last Lap]185
XIX[Holland at Last]194
XX["It's a Way They Have in the Army"]203
[The Evidence in the Case]210