Iowa state bystander. [volume] (Des Moines, Iowa) 1894-1916, 1915-11-12
CRAWL TO FREEDOM
Prisoners Make Daring Escape
From German Camp.
CT as-asc-wSre Fsnces IN, fass wv
Mgr. -- British Sergeant Tens
King 90 Remarkable Feat On
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Lor5on-Aa Interesting Ecr1E1i O.
tie escape from Germany C tive E'ls
c1e-s ct VIZ. 0-s Sergeant Ela IDS
other q private CT : British AE1i III
tz-rrr regiza-.t. has gust tsl,-Ds 10 GlEh1
thrUzga tse E8dSsau= granted ~ Lis
king 81 Buckingham Palace t1 s''-
xsa1I Brlsy and PIRATE Hzwu-Th
King George personally q0astSoIs1
TIE two ssosGsers al great ssnE1a re-
gzras2g their escape TIE Story to41
by Sergeant B-ley was Esz-tie'I4E1Hs
Interesting
Ii took us sgs, toz- DAYS and uFs
nights TO ges tree Of German soil Ef.er
Es had orsce t-oEea oEt ot OH prison
at Westpissliz Tie ss-Ess-. sad
went to The trunt with M regiment.
the FISH GIcEcas1ers- Is slol Is thF
Es1 h-usA cut and was captured Oh
oesobs- -s.sls, nsar YGTas GA tas
WY 10 TIE prison camp II WestEta2lla
ws we're pretty roughly treated One
night Et-y-ihree Of us were locked In
= CHURCH AID had nothing 10 "at .esr
Co-e than rventy-toU- bcszTs ~ EAsi
they e-Pt4es 9 basket Of raeldF nrfss2
@ 10 TIE foor and left rs oGckst O.
water During tie train journey 1ftE
three o. Is were cralIsd i1to
c1osad railway ran Tor sstF-siE So1fs
Ca,y once we're Es allowed 10 get out
anI that was tc- . few minutes Fo'
food We had soEs scraps Of bread
AT TIE camp made several plans
for escaping but Fever got q fsrn's-
bic opportunity. managed 10 GET
myself transferred to another camp
and there began TO make NJ plans
xhic6 have succeeded So well
III vas 10, an easy matter TIE
camp vas OF course surrounded b.
high bsrbed-~ire fencing On each
Of its four pcsts sentry vas posted.
and might four poxertui aoeiyieas
lamps lighted up the whole o. tie
camp
The great night came " waited
Till one Of tie sentrfes had lis back
turned. and then wri-g'et On oar
stonachs to the fencing then man
aged 10 sever one strand OF the feors
and. TO my mind. the tang Of il maze
the greatest noise I've ever heard
But the sentry walled on With beat
ing heart ] snapped the second strsod
That made an az full noise Still the
sentry walked OF Then We crawled
out. free men am glad we oct sit
ted that sentry as ne had caused as a
lot of trouble
We had - .rsvI for 100 yards be
fore We cog,d get any sort OF shelter.
and then We moved away as Quickly
az We could in the circumstances
During the night eonnass which
had was real friend
The only food We had was few
biscuits and little chocolate When
ever We came near farm the watch
dogs barked In the nights that fol
lowed the dogs always srneiu US VIXEN
re were stealing apples in the or
chards For three days we had no
other food DE-, apples.
1t wasn't safe to travel by day Al
though We had plenty of tobacco. /
had laid it down that there xas to be
no smoking day or night until Ne were
out of the country. The smell o. Eng
lish tobacco might easily put an In
9 uisitive German on our track
When We actually crossed the from
tier into Holland we we're in a pretty
bad condition. SO craEped with sleep
ing out in the wet and our feet swell
len and bleeding We could hardly
stand The first Dutch farmhouse was
J goisend."