The tunnellers of Holzminden (with a side-issue) . Scene of the Walter-Medlicott A dining-room at Holzminden. ESCAPES 6i guards after recapture following an escape from BadKolberg. Unfortunately the English version of thatstory will never be known, and the sworn evidence ofthe sentries—that the British officers, after being de-livered over to their escort, and in spite of the moststringent warnings, broke away and were mortallywounded in doing so—remains, even if it be true, coldcomfort to their friends. It was the custom that anattempt to escape, if resulting in capture, involvedaut
The tunnellers of Holzminden (with a side-issue) . Scene of the Walter-Medlicott A dining-room at Holzminden. ESCAPES 6i guards after recapture following an escape from BadKolberg. Unfortunately the English version of thatstory will never be known, and the sworn evidence ofthe sentries—that the British officers, after being de-livered over to their escort, and in spite of the moststringent warnings, broke away and were mortallywounded in doing so—remains, even if it be true, coldcomfort to their friends. It was the custom that anattempt to escape, if resulting in capture, involvedautomatic transfer to another camp, and of bothMedlicott and Walter, the heroes of this exploit, itcan be safely said that neither of them ever stayedanywhere in Germany long enough to worry aboutmaking themselves comfortable. Truly a proud record. On a Sunday afternoon in March the usual sort ofthings were happening. There was the usual small knotof people round the stoves in the Kaserne B were the usual few taking their afternoon consti-tutional up and down on the c
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