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Five Months on a German Raider Being the Adventures of an Englishman Captured by the 'Wolf'
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The Project Gutenberg eBook, Five Months on a German Raider, by Frederic George Trayes
Title: Five Months on a German Raider
Being the Adventures of an Englishman Captured by the 'Wolf'
Author: Frederic George Trayes
Release Date: September 14, 2005 [eBook #16690]
Language: English
Character set encoding: ISO-8859-1
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FIVE MONTHS
ON A
GERMAN RAIDER
BEING THE ADVENTURES OF AN
ENGLISHMAN CAPTURED BY THE "WOLF"
ENGLISHMAN CAPTURED BY THE "WOLF"
BY
F. G. TRAYES
Formerly Principal of the Royal Normal College Bangkok, Siam
LONDON
HEADLEY BROS. PUBLISHERS, LTD.
72 OXFORD STREET
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HEADLEY BROS. PUBLISHERS, LTD.
72 OXFORD STREET
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DEDICATED
IN DEEP GRATITUDE TO THE DANISH NAVAL AUTHORITIES,
LIGHTHOUSE KEEPERS, LIFEBOATMEN AND THEIR FAMILIES,
AND THE KINDLY INHABITANTS OF SKAGEN, DENMARK,
WHO SECURED FOR US, AND WELCOMED US BACK
TO FREEDOM, AND WHO BY THEIR OVERWHELMING
KINDNESS AND HEARTY HELP
AND HOSPITALITY LEFT WITH US SUCH
KIND AND HAPPY MEMORIES
OF THEIR COUNTRY AND
COUNTRYMEN AS
WILL NEVER BE
FORGOTTEN.
LIGHTHOUSE KEEPERS, LIFEBOATMEN AND THEIR FAMILIES,
AND THE KINDLY INHABITANTS OF SKAGEN, DENMARK,
WHO SECURED FOR US, AND WELCOMED US BACK
TO FREEDOM, AND WHO BY THEIR OVERWHELMING
KINDNESS AND HEARTY HELP
AND HOSPITALITY LEFT WITH US SUCH
KIND AND HAPPY MEMORIES
OF THEIR COUNTRY AND
COUNTRYMEN AS
WILL NEVER BE
FORGOTTEN.
CONTENTS
| CHAPTER | PAGE | |
| I. | THE CAPTURE OF THE "HITACHI MARU" | 11 |
| II. | PRISONERS ON THE "WOLF" | 23 |
| III. | BACK TO THE "HITACHI MARU" | 37 |
| IV. | THE GERMANS SINK THEIR PRIZE | 51 |
| V. | LIFE ON THE "WOLF" | 66 |
| VI. | ANOTHER PRIZE—OUR FUTURE HOME | 82 |
| VII. | CHRISTMAS ON THE "IGOTZ MENDI" | 97 |
| VIII. | RUMOURS AND PLANS | 116 |
| IX. | EN ROUTE FOR RUHLEBEN—VIA ICELAND | 133 |
| X. | SAVED BY SHIPWRECK | 149 |
| XI. | FREE AT LAST | 166 |
ILLUSTRATIONS
| THE AUTHOR BEFORE AND AFTER HIS FIVE MONTHS' CAPTIVITY | Frontispiece facing page |
| "HITACHI" PASSENGERS AND CREW IN LIFEBOATS AFTER THEIR SHIP HAD BEEN SHELLED | 22 |
| JAPANESE STEAMSHIP "HITACHI MARU" | 64 |
| THE "IGOTZ MENDI" ASHORE AT SKAGEN | 150 |
| THE SKAGEN LIFEBOAT GOING OUT TO THE "IGOTZMENDI" TO BRING OFF THE PRISONERS | 166 |
| THE SKAGEN LIFEBOAT BRINGING TO SHORE THE PRISONERS FROM THE "IGOTZ MENDI" | 166 |
| AT SKAGEN: GERMAN PRIZE CREW OF THE |