CHAPTER XIII

A Trial at Metz--English Officers sentenced to the Galleys--Forging and using false Passports--The Consequences--A new Scheme of Escape--A favourable Night but unfavourable Sentinels--A Farewell Dinner--Another Attempt at Escape--A Descent of Ramparts by a Rope--Concealment in a Ditch--Rolling down a Glacis--An Adieu to the Mansion of Tears--Making towards the Rhine--Concealment in a Wood--Refuge in a Vineyard--Shooting a Fox--Disturbed in our Lair--A Flight and its Dangers--The Banks of the Rhine--Passing the River--A Joyful Escape into neutral Territory--Prospective Comforts of an Inn, and Refreshment.....Page 215