ALL MY FELLOWS IN MISFORTUNE OF MY OWN KIN AND OF THE ALLIED COUNTRIES WHOSE VARIED COMPANIONSHIP HELPED TO LIGHTEN MY MANY DAYS OF CAPTIVITY
CONTENTS
| PART I CAUDRY—LE CATEAU—CARLSRUHE | |
| I | |
| PAGE | |
| The first day—The search—Letters of divorcement—A readingof the Pickwickians—Fellows in misfortune—A sculptor—ASappho—The bell for the dead—Sedan—The vulture | [15] |
| II | |
| Carlsruhe camp—Crumbs from the rich man’s table—Teawith Colonel Turano—Shamrock for dinner!—First lettersand parcels—A Nazarite—Christmas at Carlsruhe—Sketchingthe Commandant | [29] |
| III | |
| Funeral of a prisoner of war at Carlsruhe—First freedom fora year—In the streets—A wreath from the Grand Duchessof Baden—The Rev. Mr. Flad—A lecture on Abyssinia—Ablack mood | [45] |
| IV | |
| Entertainment in exile—The camp theatre—“Asile deNuit”—Scene-painter, scene-shifter, poster-artist, actor,prompter, “noises-off,” and playwright—“A ChelseaChristmas Eve”—“A Venetian Vignette”—A nightingale“off”—“How he Lied to her Husband”—“TheRising of the Moon”—“The Homeland” | [59] |
| V | |
| Victims of the cruiser Wolf—Suicide of a Japanese captain—“Inthe dark and among the ice”—A bottle message—Clingingto office—The Debating Society—The vines andvineyards of France—“Happy in all things—savingthese bonds!”—A straining of the Entente—A “stirringtime”—A voluntary fast! | [80] |
| VI | |
| Air raids—British airmen brought down—Dust to dust—Aninimitable imitator—Songs from Coimbra—A Germanbombardment—March, 1918—The bath attendant—Ourorderlies—Gustav—Imprisonment “for revolt” | [96] |
| VII | |
| Carlsruhe at its kindliest—The chestnut trees—Aspen andpoplar—The new hut—“Torrents of Spring!”—Linguisticefforts—A surprise to Mother—A dinner with the Italians—Thelast day in Carlsruhe | [113] |
| PART II BEESKOW—BERLIN | |
| VIII | |
| The journey—“A Roman holiday”—Our new quarters—Theold tower—The Kantine and the catering—“Much reading——”—“EastLynne,” by Carlyle!—Our walksabroad—The stork tower—Birds of a feather | [131] |
| IX | |
| Escapes and escapades—“Achtung!”—The flight that failed—Confinementin the “Tower”—Massacre of the innocents—“Patience”and impatience—Ragging the Commandant—“HisExcellency wishes” | [153] |
| X | |
| The Marienkirche—Organ pipes for munitions—MadameReinl—For the dead—A Polish baptism—Adventures afoot—“Kuchen!”—Theancient road-mender—“In sinceMons!” | [170] |
| XI | |
| The Revolution—“Bientôt la paix!”—A smuggled copy ofThe Times—Abdication of the Kaiser—The passing of theCommandant—The Red Flag is flown—Latitudes andliberties—Sketching in the streets—“Nach der Heimat!”—Asoldiers’ ball—“Warum ist der Krieg?”—Murillo’s“Immaculate Conception” | [185] |
| XII | |
| In Berlin during the Revolution—“Thank God, Britain haswon!”—The Dom and the Galleries—The Palace—“FürEbert und Hasse!”—The Hindenburg statue—Liebknechtand Rosa Luxemburg—The machine-gun waggons comeup—Caricatures of the Kaiser—Captivity de luxe!—“Areyou English officers?”—Freedom—“Es ist vollbracht!” | [203] |
LIST OF ILLUSTRATIONS
| PAGE | |
| A Corner of Carlsruhe Camp | [Frontispiece] |
| Fellows in Misfortune | [15] |
| A Reading of the Pickwickians | [21] |
| A Sculptor | [23] |
| The Unter-Offizier | [25] |
| Christmas Day at Carlsruhe | [28] |
| Arrival of the Parcel Cart | [29] |
| The Chapel at Carlsruhe | [31] |
| Col. Albert Turano | [33] |
| The Camp Commandant at Carlsruhe | [38] |
| A Game of Cards | [41] |
| Funeral of a British Prisoner of War | [44] |
| A Serbian Colonel | [45] |
| The Catholic Priest | [51] |
| The Rev. Mr. Flad | [52] |
| An Italian Major of Mountain Artillery | [56] |
| Playbill, “The Rising of the Moon” | [58] |
| Our Orchestra | [59] |
| A Carlsruhe Concert Programme | [62] |
| “A Chelsea Christmas Eve” | [64] |
| “A Venetian Vignette” | [70] |
| “How He Lied to Her Husband.” Playbill | [72] |
| “J’invite le Colonel.” Playbill | [73] |
| One of our Orchestra | [79] |
| Engineer of the “Hitachi Maru” | [80] |
| Captain of the “Tarantella” | [84] |
| A Serbian Officer Prisoner | [86] |
| A Rehearsal | [88] |
| Twice Wounded | [95] |
| Orderly Hanet, “Le Père Noël” | [96] |
| Funeral of Two British Aviators | [100] |
| Captain Teixeira | [104] |
| Orderly Toulon, Chasseur Alpini | [110] |
| The two Serbian Colonels take the Sun | [112] |
| Lt. Bertolotti | [113] |
| Lt. Caruso | [116] |
| Lt. Visco | [119] |
| Lt. Lazarri | [121] |
| Maggiore Tuzzi | [125] |
| The “Altes Amt,” Beeskow Lager | [130] |
| The Outer Walls of Beeskow Lager | [131] |
| The Prison Camp at Beeskow: An Audience with the Commandant | [135] |
| The Old Tower, Beeskow | [138] |
| Herr Solomon, the Kantine Keeper | [141] |
| “Only One Book!” | [142] |
| The Stork Tower, Beeskow | [147] |
| Prisoners All | [149] |
| The Prison Gateway | [152] |
| The Marienkirche, Beeskow | [156] |
| The Late Lieut. Robinson, V.C. | [159] |
| Caricature of the Camp Commandant | [165] |
| Narrow Alley, Beeskow | [169] |
| Service for the Dead | [175] |
| Old Inn at Beeskow, now burned down | [179] |
| “In since Mons!” | [183] |
| Kirchestrasse, Beeskow | [184] |
| The Oldest House in Beeskow | [196] |
| Murillo’s “Immaculate Conception of the Virgin.” (Painted by a French officer, prisoner of war, on the outer wall of the camp) | [200] |
| Captain Tim Sugrue | [202] |
| A Caricature of the Kaiser. (Bought in the streets of Berlin during the Revolution) | [213] |