A Captive at Carlsruhe and Other German Prison Camps
PART II BEESKOW--BERLIN
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The journey--“A Roman holiday”--Our new quarters--The old tower--The _Kantine_ and the catering--“Much reading----”--“East Lynne,” by Carlyle!--Our walks abroad--The stork tower--Birds of a feather 131
IX
Escapes and escapades--“_Achtung!_”--The flight that failed--Confinement in the “Tower”--Massacre of the innocents--“Patience” and impatience--Ragging the Commandant--“His Excellency wishes” 153
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The _Marienkirche_--Organ pipes for munitions--Madame Reinl--For the dead--A Polish baptism--Adventures afoot--“_Kuchen!_”--The ancient road-mender--“In since Mons!” 170
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The Revolution--“_Bientôt la paix!_”--A smuggled copy of The Times--Abdication of the Kaiser--The passing of the Commandant--The Red Flag is flown--Latitudes and liberties--Sketching in the streets--“_Nach der Heimat!_”--A soldiers’ ball--“_Warum ist der Krieg?_”--Murillo’s “Immaculate Conception” 185
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In Berlin during the Revolution--“Thank God, Britain has won!”--The _Dom_ and the Galleries--The Palace--“_Für Ebert und Hasse!_”--The Hindenburg statue--Liebknecht and Rosa Luxemburg--The machine-gun waggons come up--Caricatures of the Kaiser--Captivity de luxe!--“Are you English officers?”--Freedom--“_Es ist vollbracht!_” 203
LIST OF ILLUSTRATIONS
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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
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