POW diaries - Captain Percival Lowe, item 162
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75.
have found it out I dont knew. We knew they
knew[insert] we aware [/insert] itwas the English who had been working. We burnt all
our muddy clothes & lived if truth be said in fear &
trembling. In the meantime we replaced the vacant bed
boards by ... from the squash court which was having
new walls. For ten days nothing occured. Then the Germans
w
as[insert] ith [/insert] lanterns, ropes & spades proceeded to investigate.During this time a man with a gun had watched the
place but of course no one went near it. They spent
that afternoon & next morning digging it up. A sentry
was posted on the place. The wood as it came up was
placed beside the building. A crowd of course
wasassembledThenAt a preconcerted moment every Belgian seized aboard & bolted everyone got away except the one with
the spade. He ran right into Caiper who said *Gaben
sie mir. [insert] das " [/insert] They never found
the[insert] our [/insert]trap door. Next dayan inspector of prisons visited the English room turned
out the occupants & marched the boxes apparently for
dirty clothes. He found nothing. After [insert] this [/insert] the German lieutenant
was very talkative to us trying to find
outinformationHe had been certain that they would
find[insert] discover [/insert] the wood ofthe squash court in the tunnel but he was wrong. All
they got was a button which was sent to the intelligence
Berlin for investigation. As it belongs to the R.A.M. Corps
that
went[insert] did not [/insert] lead them for.Just at this moment a Flying Corps Officer by the use of the
garden , my suit of mufti, wire cutters, & his knowledge of German
got right to the Dutch frontier.
The result of all this was the curtailing of the exercise ground
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75.
have found it out I dont knew. We knew they
knew[insert] we aware [/insert] itwas the English who had been working. We burnt all
our muddy clothes & lived if truth be said in fear &
trembling. In the meantime we replaced the vacant bed
boards by ... from the squash court which was having
new walls. For ten days nothing occured. Then the Germans
w
as[insert] ith [/insert] lanterns, ropes & spades proceeded to investigate.During this time a man with a gun had watched the
place but of course no one went near it. They spent
that afternoon & next morning digging it up. A sentry
was posted on the place. The wood as it came up was
placed beside the building. A crowd of course
wasassembledThenAt a preconcerted moment every Belgian seized aboard & bolted everyone got away except the one with
the spade. He ran right into Caiper who said *Gaben
sie mir. [insert] das " [/insert] They never found
the[insert] our [/insert]trap door. Next dayan inspector of prisons visited the English room turned
out the occupants & marched the boxes apparently for
dirty clothes. He found nothing. After [insert] this [/insert] the German lieutenant
was very talkative to us trying to find
outinformationHe had been certain that they would
find[insert] discover [/insert] the wood ofthe squash court in the tunnel but he was wrong. All
they got was a button which was sent to the intelligence
Berlin for investigation. As it belongs to the R.A.M. Corps
that
went[insert] did not [/insert] lead them for.Just at this moment a Flying Corps Officer by the use of the
garden , my suit of mufti, wire cutters, & his knowledge of German
got right to the Dutch frontier.
-
75.
have found it out I dont knew. We knew they
knew[insert] we aware [/insert] itwas the English who had been working. We burnt all
our muddy clothes & lived if truth be said in fear &
trembling. In the meantime we replaced the vacant bed
boards by ... from the squash court which was having
new walls. For ten days nothing occured. Then the Germans
w
as[insert] ith [/insert] lanterns, ropes & spades proceeded to investigate.During this time a man with a gun had watched the
place but of course no one went near it. They spent
that afternoon & next morning digging it up. A sentry
was posted on the place. The wood as it came up was
placed beside the building. A crowd of course
wasassembledThenAt a preconcerted moment every Belgian seized aboard & bolted everyone got away except the one with
the spade. He ran right into Caiper who said *Gaben
sie mir. [insert] das " [/insert] They never found
the[insert] our [/insert]trap door. Next dayan inspector of prisons visited the English room turned
out the occupants & marched the boxes apparently for
dirty clothes. He found nothing. After [insert] this [/insert] the German lieutenant
was very talkative to us trying to find
outinformationHe had been certain that they would
find[insert] discover [/insert] the wood ofthe squash court in the tunnel but he was wrong. All
they got was a button which was sent to the intelligence
Berlin for investigation. As it belongs to the R.A.M.
-
75.
have found it out I dont knew. We knew they
knew[insert] we aware [/insert] itwas the English who had been working. We burnt all
our muddy clothes & lived if truth be said in fear &
trembling. In the meantime we replaced the vacant bed
boards by ... from the squash court which was having
new walls. For ten days nothing occured. Then the Germans
w
as[insert] ith [/insert] lanterns, ropes & spades proceeded to investigate.During this time a man with a gun had watched the
place but of course no one went near it. They spent
that afternoon & next morning digging it up. A sentry
was posted on the place. The wood as it came up was
placed beside the building. A crowd of course
wasassembledThenAt a preconcerted moment every Belgian seized aboard & bolted everyone got away except the one with
the spade. He ran right into Caiper who said *Gaben
sie mir. [insert] das " [/insert] They never found
the[insert] our [/insert]trap door. Next dayan inspector of prisons visited the English room turned
out the occupants & marched the boxes apparently for
dirty clothes. He found nothing. After [insert] this [/insert] the German lieutenant
was very talkative to us trying to find
outinformationHe had been certain that they would
find[insert] discover [/insert] the wood ofthe squash court in the tunnel but he was
-
75.
have found it out I dont knew. We knew they
knew[insert] we aware [/insert] itwas the English who had been working. We burnt all
our muddy clothes & lived if truth be said in fear &
trembling. In the meantime we replaced the vacant bed
boards by ... from the squash court which was having
new walls. For ten days nothing occured. Then the Germans
w
as[insert] ith [/insert] lanterns, ropes & spades proceeded to investigate.During this time a man with a gun had watched the
place but of course no one went near it. They spent
that afternoon & next morning digging it up. A sentry
was posted on the place. The wood as it came up was
placed beside the building. A crowd of course
wasassembledThenAt a preconcerted moment every Belgian seized aboard & bolted everyone got away except the one with
the spade. He ran right into Caiper who said *Gaben
sie mir. [insert] das " [/insert] They never found
the[insert] our [/insert]trap door. Next dayan inspector of prisons visited the English room turned
out the occupants & marched the boxes apparently for
dirty clothes. He found nothing. After [insert] this [/insert] the German lieutenant
was very talkative to us trying to find
outinformationHe had been certain that they would find the wood of
-
75.
have found it out I dont knew. We knew they
knew[insert] we aware [/insert] itwas the English who had been working. We burnt all
our muddy clothes & lived if truth be said in fear &
trembling. In the meantime we replaced the vacant bed
boards by ... from the squash court which was having
new walls. For ten days nothing occured. Then the Germans
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