POW diaries - Captain Percival Lowe, item 77

• June 21, 2017 18:32:02 Annick Rodriguez

  [insert] He was  able to do this by lying up in the chapel all night and

  in the morning passing in with the English fatigue party. The difference

  in the shade of kharki escaping the eye of the sleepy sentry [/insert]                            40.

  he was so fat that the could not get out. Of course he

  closed the window & covered all tracks & himself got back

  without being missed.  ...  The upshot was the wiring in of a

  [insert] portion of [/insert] the moat & wiring up a corner which the Germans

  erroneously supposed had been used.

  We had our usual "strap."

  They had one rather annoying habit in this building. That

  was we were not allowed out after dinner till 2 p.m. One

  did not notice this in the winter but in the summer it

  was rather trying. The gate of the yard was locked

  & if you ventured forth to get a blow of air you were

  shoed back by the guard. There was no such rule at

  Wagonhaus or at any rate it was not enforced.

  I used to play Bridge most evenings & I must confess got

  rather thoroughly tired of it.

  The most in the rear of the fort was apparently fed by the

  Elbe as he h[insert] e [/insert]ight of the water was a changeable quantity

  During the winter it was of course frozen. In the spring

  I found a  ...  neast in a hole in he stone on

  the ride of the bridge over this moat.

  The fort must have been a very old one as quite big do

  trees were growing on the top of the parapet. My

  sketch of this fort I had destroyed at Constance.

  The monotony was broken by 2 [insert] English [/insert] Doctors who had been at the Citadel

  coming as they thought en route for England. Unfortunately for

  them I fancy hey went instead to a mens camp, but they

  soon did get home- I know for one had my flask.

  Then again a famous French aviator was brought in one day

  but he was strictly guarded & no one got a word with

  him X

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• June 21, 2017 18:22:07 Annick Rodriguez

  [insert] He was  able to do this by lying up in the chapel all night and

  in the morning passing in with the English fatigue party. The difference

  in the shade of kharki escaping the eye of the sleepy sentry [/insert]                            40.

  he was so fat that the could not get out. Of course he

  closed the window & covered all tracks & himself got back

  without being missed.  ...  The upshot was the wiring in of a

  [insert] portion of [/insert] the moat & wiring up a corner which the Germans

  erroneously supposed had been used.

  We had our usual "strap."

  They had one rather annoying habit in this building. That

  was we were not allowed out after dinner till 2 p.m. One

  did not notice this in the winter but in the summer it

  was rather trying. The gate of the yard was locked

  & if 

  
  

  
  

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• June 21, 2017 18:12:53 Annick Rodriguez

  [insert] He was  able to do this by lying up in the chapel all night and

  in the morning passing in with the English fatigue party. The difference

  in the shade of kharki escaping the eye

  
  

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• June 21, 2017 18:11:27 Annick Rodriguez

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