My Three Years in a German Prison

by Henri Béland

TO MY OLD MOTHER

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CONTENTS

CHAPTER		PAGE
I	It Is War	[1]
II	The German Tavern-Keeper and the Brabançonne	[9]
III	“Thank You”	[13]
IV	Doing Hospital Work	[14]
V	The Capture of Antwerp	[25]
VI	The Exodus	[33]
VII	A Day of Anguish	[39]
VIII	The Germans Are Here	[46]
IX	A German Host	[53]
X	The Word of a German	[59]
XI	British Citizens	[64]
XII	Matters Become Complicated	[69]
XIII	A Desolate Major	[77]
XIV	In Germany	[87]
XV	The Stadtvogtei	[91]
XVI	Life in Prison	[98]
XVII	Meals à la Carte	[105]
XVIII	Acting Jail Physician	[116]
XIX	Interesting Prisoners	[127]
XX	Maclinks and Kirkpatrick	[137]
XXI	A Swiss and a Belgian	[144]
XXII	Sensational Escapes	[160]
XXIII	Hope Deferred	[170]
XXIV	A Colloquy	[176]
XXV	Incidents and Observations	[185]
XXVI	Talk of Exchange	[195]
XXVII	Towards Liberty	[203]
XXVIII	Some Recollections	[213]
XXIX	Other Reminiscences	[224]
XXX	An Alsatian Non-Commissioned Officer	[242]
XXXI	In Holland and in England	[252]
XXXII	The Militarists and the Militarized	[268]

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ILLUSTRATIONS

	PAGE
The Author	[Frontispiece]
The Digue at Middelkerke	[12]
Madame Beland at Starrenhof	[38]
Feeding Poor Boys at Capellen	[56]
Group of German Officers	[68]
A Sample of German Perfidy (letter)	[80]
Dr. Beland and Fellow-prisoners	[144]
Ludendorf and Von Buelow	[256]

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MY THREE YEARS IN
A GERMAN PRISON