The Escape of a Princess Pat

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Author

Edwards, Edward, 1876-

Title

The Escape of a Princess Pat Being the full account of the capture and fifteen months' imprisonment of Corporal Edwards, of the Princess Patricia's Canadian Light Infantry, and his final escape from Germany into Holland

Credits

Produced by Sigal Alon, Jeannie Howse and the Online Distributed Proofreading Team at www.pgdp.net (This file was produced from images generously made available by The Internet Archive/Canadian Libraries)

Language

English

LoC Class

D501: History: General and Eastern Hemisphere: World War I (1914-1918)

Subject

Prisoner-of-war escapes

Category

Text

eBook-No.

25683

Project Gutenberg

https://www.gutenberg.org/ebooks/25683

Release Date

June 3, 2008

Copyright

Public domain in the USA.

Contents

1. 1.Untitled
2. 2.THE ESCAPE OF A PRINCESS PAT — GEORGE PEARSON — THE ESCAPE OF A PRINCESS PAT — Being the full account of the capture and fifteen months' imprisonment of Corporal Edwards, of the Princess Patricia's Canadian Light Infantry, and his final escape from Germany into Holland — BY — GEORGE PEARSON — COPYRIGHT, 1918, BY GEORGE H. DORAN COMPANY — PRINTED IN THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA — TO THE MEMORY OF — OUR COMRADES WHO FELL — THIS BOOK IS DEDICATED — PREFACE — CONTENTS — ILLUSTRATIONS
3. 3.THE ESCAPE OF A PRINCESS PAT — THE ESCAPE OF A PRINCESS PAT — CHAPTER I — Polygon Wood — CHAPTER II ToC — The Fourth of May — CHAPTER III ToC — Corporal Edwards Takes up the Tale — CHAPTER IV ToC — Major Gault Comes Back — CHAPTER V ToC — The Eighth of May and the Last Stand of the Princess Pats — CHAPTER VI ToC — Prisoners — CHAPTER VII ToC — Pulling the Leg of a German General — CHAPTER VIII ToC — The Princess Patricia's German Uncle — CHAPTER IX ToC — How the German Red Cross Tended the Canadian Wounded — CHAPTER X ToC — The Curious Concoctions of the Chef at Giessen — CHAPTER XI ToC — The Way They Have at Giessen — CHAPTER XII ToC — The Escape — CHAPTER XIII ToC — The Traitor at Vehnmoor — CHAPTER XIV ToC — Away Again — CHAPTER XV ToC — Paying the Piper — CHAPTER XVI ToC — The Third Escape — CHAPTER XVII ToC — What Happened in the Wood — CHAPTER XVIII ToC — The Last Lap — CHAPTER XIX ToC — Holland at Last — CHAPTER XX ToC — "It's a Way They Have in the Army" — THE EVIDENCE IN THE CASE ToC — WAS BACK ONLY THREE WEEKS — Corp. Edwards, Reported Missing, Was Wounded Short Time Ago. — EDWARD EDWARDS ESCAPES FROM FOE — Toronto Soldier With Two Others Make Get-Away. Wander for Three Weeks. Brass Band Escorts Them to Mayor of Town in Holland. — MRS. EDWARDS IS REJOICING — Can Hardly Believe That Husband Escaped from German Prison. Heard So Many Different Tales. Comrades Who Have Returned Assured Her He Would Get Away. — Visits from Comrades. — HOME ON LEAVE AFTER ESCAPE FROM THE HUNS — Sgt. Edward Edwards Tells Graphic Story of 100 Mile Flight. Wife Had to Prove Husband Was Alive. Sent His Photo and Letters Before War Office Would Believe It. — Tribute to Col. Buller — Refused to Work — Made Final Escape

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