Prisoners of War in Britain

About this eBook

Author

Abell, Francis

Title

Prisoners of War in Britain 1756 to 1815 A record of their lives, their romance and their sufferings

Credits

Produced by Richard Tonsing and the Online Distributed Proofreading Team at www.pgdp.net (This file was produced from images generously made available by The Internet Archive)

Language

English

LoC Class

HV: Social sciences: Social pathology, Social and Public Welfare

Subject

Military prisons -- Great Britain

Category

Text

Project Gutenberg

eBook-No. 60321

Release Date

September 18, 2019

Copyright

Public domain in the USA.

Contents

1. 1.PRISONERS OF WAR IN BRITAIN 1756 TO 1815 A RECORD OF THEIR LIVES, THEIR ROMANCE AND THEIR SUFFERINGS
2. 2.PREFACE
3. 3.CONTENTS
4. 4.LIST OF ILLUSTRATIONS
5. 5.CHAPTER I INTERNATIONAL RECRIMINATIONS
6. 6.CHAPTER II THE EXCHANGE OF PRISONERS
7. 7.CHAPTER III THE PRISON SYSTEM—THE HULKS
8. 8.CHAPTER IV LIFE ON THE HULKS
9. 9.CHAPTER V LIFE ON THE HULKS—( continued )
10. 10.CHAPTER VI PRISON-SHIP SUNDRIES
11. 11.CHAPTER VII TOM SOUVILLE A Famous Prison-Ship Escaper
12. 12.CHAPTER VIII THE PRISON SYSTEM The Prisoners Ashore. General
13. 13.CHAPTER IX THE PRISONS ASHORE 1. Sissinghurst Castle
14. 14.CHAPTER X THE PRISONS ASHORE 2. Norman Cross
15. 15.CHAPTER XI THE PRISONS ASHORE 3. Perth
16. 16.CHAPTER XII THE PRISONS ASHORE 4. Portchester
17. 17.CHAPTER XIII THE PRISONS ASHORE 5. Liverpool
18. 18.CHAPTER XIV THE PRISONS ASHORE 6. Greenlaw—Valleyfield
19. 19.CHAPTER XV THE PRISONS ASHORE 7. Stapleton, near Bristol
20. 20.CHAPTER XVI THE PRISONS ASHORE 8. Forton, near Portsmouth
21. 21.CHAPTER XVII THE PRISONS ASHORE 9. Millbay, near Plymouth
22. 22.CHAPTER XVIII THE PRISONS ASHORE 10. Dartmoor
23. 23.CHAPTER XIX SOME MINOR PRISONS — Winchester — Roscrow and Kergilliack, near Penryn, Cornwall — Shrewsbury — Yarmouth — Edinburgh
24. 24.CHAPTER XX LOUIS VANHILLE: A FAMOUS ESCAPER
25. 25.CHAPTER XXI THE PRISON SYSTEM Prisoners on Parole
26. 26.CHAPTER XXII PAROLE LIFE
27. 27.CHAPTER XXIII THE PRISONERS ON PAROLE IN SCOTLAND — Kelso [14] — Selkirk — Peebles
28. 28.CHAPTER XXIV PAROLE PRISONERS IN SCOTLAND ( continued ) — Sanquhar — Dumfries — Melrose — Jedburgh — Hawick — Lauder — Lockerbie and Lochmaben
29. 29.CHAPTER XXV PRISONERS OF WAR IN WALES — In Montgomeryshire — Llanfyllin — Montgomery — Bishop’s Castle — Newtown — Welshpool — In Pembrokeshire — Pembroke — The Fishguard affair of 1797 — In Monmouthshire — Abergavenny — In Brecknockshire
30. 30.CHAPTER XXVI ESCAPE AGENTS AND ESCAPES
31. 31.CHAPTER XXVII ESCAPES OF PRISONERS ON PAROLE
32. 32.CHAPTER XXVIII COMPLAINTS OF PRISONERS
33. 33.CHAPTER XXIX PAROLE LIFE. SUNDRY NOTES — Bedale, Yorkshire — Derby — Ashbourne, Derbyshire — Chesterfield — Oswestry — Leek — Alresford — Burials. — Thame — Wincanton — Ashby-de-la-Zouch
34. 34.CHAPTER XXX PAROLE LIFE: SUNDRY NOTES ( continued ) — Ashburton, Devon — Tavistock — Okehampton — Odiham — Leicester — Tragic Events — International Courtesies
35. 35.CHAPTER XXXI VARIORUM — (1) Some Distinguished Prisoners of War — (2) Some Statistics — (3) Epitaphs of Prisoners
36. 36.INDEX
37. 37.TRANSCRIBER’S NOTES

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