POW diaries - Captain Percival Lowe, item 162

• June 28, 2017 17:43:47 Annick Rodriguez

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  have found it out I dont knew. We knew they knew [insert] we aware [/insert] it

  was 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

  was [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 was assembled

  Then At a preconcerted moment every Belgian seized a

  board & 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 day

  an 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 out information

  He had been certain that they would find [insert] discover [/insert] the wood of

  the 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

  
  

• June 28, 2017 17:43:25 Annick Rodriguez

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  have found it out I dont knew. We knew they knew [insert] we aware [/insert] it

  was 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

  was [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 was assembled

  Then At a preconcerted moment every Belgian seized a

  board & 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 day

  an 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 out information

  He had been certain that they would find [insert] discover [/insert] the wood of

  the 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.

  
  

  
  

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• June 28, 2017 17:33:20 Annick Rodriguez

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  have found it out I dont knew. We knew they knew [insert] we aware [/insert] it

  was 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

  was [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 was assembled

  Then At a preconcerted moment every Belgian seized a

  board & 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 day

  an 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 out information

  He had been certain that they would find [insert] discover [/insert] the wood of

  the 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. 

  
  

  
  

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• June 28, 2017 17:32:34 Annick Rodriguez

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  have found it out I dont knew. We knew they knew [insert] we aware [/insert] it

  was 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

  was [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 was assembled

  Then At a preconcerted moment every Belgian seized a

  board & 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 day

  an 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 out information

  He had been certain that they would find [insert] discover [/insert] the wood of

  the squash court in the tunnel but he was

  
  

  
  

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• June 28, 2017 17:31:42 Annick Rodriguez

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  have found it out I dont knew. We knew they knew [insert] we aware [/insert] it

  was 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

  was [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 was assembled

  Then At a preconcerted moment every Belgian seized a

  board & 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 day

  an 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 out information

  He had been certain that they would find the wood of

  
  

  
  

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• June 28, 2017 01:02:35 Annick Rodriguez

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  have found it out I dont knew. We knew they knew [insert] we aware [/insert] it

  was 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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