POW diaries - Captain Percival Lowe, item 119

• June 23, 2017 16:32:50 Annick Rodriguez

  58.
  

  dash. They had removed  some boards lower  down the

  fence screened  by firs trees. We put our case to them
  

  saying we could not go before the 21st. & had been preparing
  

  all the winter. They were quite nice about it & gave
  

  their word of honour they would not go before we did.
  

  We thought one place must lead to the finding of the
  

  other.
  

  The next excitement was that a German soldier cycling
  

  lost controll of his machine and dashed  through the fence
  

  or rather board wall not 6 feet from our hole. Some

  one who was sitting there had the presence of mind
  

  to ran our boards in tight with his feet. The
  

  guard  X immediately posted  itself  on the hole & to my
  

  consternation I saw that the shock had knocked the
  

  boards clean away from the Russians place. It
  

  took a little time to find them. And then they

  could  not get at it as the sentry on the hole overlooked
  

  the place. The upshot  was the carpenter mended  the
  

  cyclists hole- & at the same time an interferring 
  

  civilian  pointed out the Russians place which was
  

  also fixed up under German supervision. However they
  

  did not seem in the least suspicious thinking  no
  

  doubt that one hole had been the cause of the lo ... 

  of the other boards. Our place was undiscovered
  

  x opposite  is the place whent the bottom boards were nail less
  

  y is the where  when the cyclist appeared (if the boards were
  

  had been nailed  out wards instead of in wards   he must
  

  have been killed).
  

  The Russian place was joint beyond the green smuge smudge on
  

  the left supposed  to represent a fir tree .
  

  
  

• June 23, 2017 15:28:06 Sami Rustom

  58.
  

   ... . They had  ...  some boards  leave  done the

  fence  ned  by fruit trees. We put our can to them
  

  saying we could not go before the 21th & had been preparing
  

  all the winter. They were quite nice about it & gave
  

  their word of honor they would not go before we did.
  

  We thought one peace must lead to the finding of the
  

  other.
  

  The next excitement was that a German soldier cycling
  

  lost controll of his machine and  d..  through the fence
  

  or rather board wall not 6 feet from our hole. Some

  one who was sitting there had the presence of mind
  

  to ran over boards in light with his feet. The
  

  guard immediately  id   lf  on the hole & to my
  

  consteration I saw that the shock had knocked the
  

  boards clean away from the Russians place. It
  

  took a little time to find them. And then they
  

   would  not get at it as the  ...  on the hole overlooked
  

  the place. The  ...  was the carpenter  needed  the
  

  cyclists hole & of the same time an  ... 
  

   civilien  pointed out the Russians place which was
  

  also filled up under German supervision. However they
  

  did not seem in the  ...  ...   thinking  no
  

  doubt that one hole had been the  ...  of the  ... 
  

  of the other boards. Our place was undiscovered
  

  x  ...  is the place whent the bottom boards were  ...  ... 
  

  y is the  ...  when the cyclist  ...  (if the boards were
  

  had been  ...  out words instead of  ...  words he sent
  

  have been killed).
  

  The Russian place was joint beyond the green  ...  on
  

  the left  ...  to represent a  ...  ... .
  

  
  

  
  

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• June 23, 2017 12:19:02 Sami Rustom

  58.
  

  ... They had ... some boards .... done the

  ... scre..ed by fruit trees. We put our can to them
  

  saging we could not go before the 21th & had been preparing
  

  all the winter. They were quite nice about it & gave
  

  their word of .... they would not go before we did.
  

  We thought one peace must lead to the finding of the
  

  other.
  

  The ... excitement was that a German soldair cycling
  

  lost controll of his .... and ... through the fence
  

  or rather board wall not .. feet from our hole. Some

  one who was sitting there had the presence of mind
  

  to ram over ... in light with his feet. The
  

  guard immediately ... .... on the hole & to my
  

  consteration I saw that the shock had unocked the
  

  boards clean away from the Russians place. It
  

  took a little time to find them. And then they
  

  would bot get at it as the ... on the hole overlooked
  

  the place. The ... was the car... ... the
  

  cyclists hole & of the same time an ....
  

  civilien pointed out the Russians place which was
  

  also filled up under German supervision. ... they
  

  did not seen in the ... ...  thinking, ..
  

  .... that one hole had been the ... of the ....
  

  of the other boards. Our place was undiscovered
  

  x ... is the place whent the bottom boards were  nail ...
  

  y is the .... when the cyclist .... (if the boards were
  

  had been sailed out words instead of ... words he sent
  

  have been killed(.
  

  The Russian place was ... ... the green ...
  

  the left .... to ... a ... .
  

  
  

  
  

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