POW diaries - Captain Percival Lowe, item 51

• June 19, 2017 13:15:32 L G

  26. In the upper right corner 

  had as companions 12 French, 1 Russian, 1 Belgian, 2 of my

  brother officers. In this too I was lucky for most of the English

  were alone. It was now tea time 4 p.m & the door of

  the casemate was locked & would be till next morning with

  the exception of half an hour when we like dogs were

  permitted to have a run.

  Thus ended my first day at the Citadel.

  The Citadel itself was a large fort on the island formed

  by the ELBE at Magdeburg. The portion which we

  occupied however was not large, but besides ourselves

  the main portion was occupied by the local  regt.  in

  training recruits & war work. We occupied so to 

  speak a small outer circle on the first floor. Our

  casemate hut was in the parapet which towered above

  it. On the top paced a sentry. The front view was

  a long tall building in which war work was being

  carried on. At the end of the building where out

  walking one got a glimpse of the barrack square on

  which squads of men were doing the parade step.

  Turning across a corner of this guarded by a sentry

  & forbidden to us except on duty one came to the

  black house. In this was the office and field officers

  quarters. Here the field officers had a room with a

  Belgian ally. At 4 they were shut in to the house

  but could go to each others rooms & so could make

  up a bridge four. They had a little yard of their own

  in which to take exercise and only mixed with

  the common herd at canteen time. X

  Walking the other way one came to the canteen

  & pursuing a path on which one could only walk

  
  

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• June 19, 2017 13:00:45 L G

  26. In the upper right corner 

  had as companions 12 French, 1 Russian, 1 Belgian, 2 of my

  brother officers. In this too I was lucky for most of the English

  were alone. It was now tea time 4 p.m & the door of

  the casemate was locked & would be till next morning with

  the exception of half an hour when we like dogs were

  permitted to have a run.

  Thus ended my first day at the Citadel..

  The Citadel itself was a large fort on the island formed

  by the ELBE at Magdeburg. The portion which we

  occupied however was not large, but besides ourselves

  the main portion was occupied by the local  regt.  in

  training recruits & war work. We occupied so to 

  speak a small outer circle on the first floor. Our

  casemate hut was in the parapet which towered above

  it. On the top paced a sentry. The front view was

  a long tall building in which war work was being

  carried on. At the end of the building where out

  walking one got a glimpse of the barrack square on

  which squads of men were doing the parade step.

  Turning across a corner of this guarded by a sentry

  & forbidden to us except on duty one came to the

  black house. In this was the office and field officers

  quarters. Here the field officers had a room with a

  Belgian ally. At 4 they were shut in to the house

  but could go to each others rooms & so could make

  up a bridge four. They had a little yard of their own

  in which to take exercise and only mixed with

  the common herd at canteen time. X

  Walking the other way one came to the canteen

  & pursuing a path on which one could only walk

  
  

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