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Frederick Arthur Ambrose Talbot. Sixteen Months in Four German Prisons: Wesel, Sennelager, Klingelputz, Ruhleben
Sixteen Months in Four German Prisons: Wesel, Sennelager, Klingelputz, Ruhleben
Table of Contents
PRISON ONE—WESEL
CHAPTER I
ARRESTED AS A SPY
CHAPTER II
COMMITTED TO WESEL PRISON
CHAPTER III
HOW GERMANY DRIVES HER PRISONERS MAD
CHAPTER IV
MY SECRET MIDNIGHT TRIAL
CHAPTER V
WAITING TO BE SHOT
PRISON TWO—SENNELAGER
THE BLACK HOLE OF GERMANY. CHAPTER VI
OUR "LUXURIOUS HOTEL"
CHAPTER VII
BREAKING US IN AT SENNELAGER
CHAPTER VIII
BADGERING THE BRITISH HEROES FROM MONS
CHAPTER IX
THE PERSECUTION OF THE PRIESTS
CHAPTER X
TYING PRISONERS TO THE STAKE—THE FAVOURITE PUNISHMENT
CHAPTER XI
THE REIGN OF TERROR
CHAPTER XII
THE REIGN OF TERROR—CONTINUED
CHAPTER XIII
"THE BLOODY NIGHT OF SEPTEMBER 11"
CHAPTER XIV
THE GUARDIAN OF THE CAMP
CHAPTER XV
THE AFTERMATH OF THE ELEVENTH
PRISON THREE—KLINGELPUTZ
CHAPTER XVI
FREE ON "PASS" IN COLOGNE
CHAPTER XVII
RE-IMPRISONED AT KLINGELPUTZ
PRISON FOUR—RUHLEBEN
CHAPTER XVIII
THE CAMP OF ABANDONED HOPE
CHAPTER XIX
ORGANISING THE COMMUNAL CITY OF RUHLEBEN
CHAPTER XX
HOW I MADE MONEY IN RUHLEBEN CAMP
CHAPTER XXI
HOW THE AMERICAN AMBASSADOR WAS DECEIVED
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Frederick Arthur Ambrose Talbot
Published by Good Press, 2019
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Upon such occasions I and my two Hindoo companions were compelled to stand at attention. At first I regarded the incident with amusement, but after we had been through the circus-like performance about a dozen times, it became distinctly irksome, especially as I was dog-tired. It was with the greatest difficulty I maintained my self-control.
About four o'clock in the morning I heard voices in the adjoining room. Evidently someone in authority had arrived. I decided to seize the opportunity to secure an interview with one who at least would be able to give me some satisfaction. I moved smartly towards the door. The sentry lowered his rifle, but I evaded the bayonet, I saw a flash and then all was darkness.
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