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قراءة كتاب 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
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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
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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
McCLELLAND, GOODCHILD & STEWART
PUBLISHERS :: :: :: TORONTO
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
In order to remove all question of doubt in the mind of the reader it might perhaps be well to state here that the facts as given are the bona fide experiences of Corporal Edwards, Number 39, Number One Company, P. P. C. L. I., and as such were subjected to the closest scrutiny both by the author and others before it was deemed advisable to give the account to the public. In particular great pains were taken to do full justice to all enemy individuals who figure in the story.
Recognizing the seriousness of the charges implied by the recital, all those concerned with it are extremely anxious that the correctness of the account should constitute its chief value: In short the intention has been to make of the story a readable history.
The main facts—having to do with the destruction of the regiment on the eighth of May, 1915, the identity and activities of the individuals mentioned and the more important of the later happenings, including the final escape into Holland—are matters of official record and as such have frequently been mentioned in the official dispatches. The more personal details are based on the recollections of Corporal Edwards' retentive mind, aided by his very unusual powers of observation and the rough diary which he managed to retain possession of during his later adventures.
For the events preceding the capture of Corporal Edwards on the eighth of May the author has relied upon his own recollections; as he too had the honor of having been "an original Patricia."
G.P.
Sept. 1, 1917.
Toronto, Canada.
CONTENTS
| CHAPTER | PAGE | |
| I | Polygon Wood | 14 |
| II | The Fourth of May | 20 |
| III | Corporal Edwards Takes up the Tale | 23 |
| IV | Major Gault Comes Back | 28 |
| V | The Eighth of May and the Last Stand of the Princess Pats | 33 |
| VI | Prisoners | 45 |
| VII | Pulling the Leg of a German General | 61 |
| VIII | The Princess Patricia's German Uncle | 70 |
| IX | How the German Red Cross Tended the Canadian Wounded | 76 |
| X | The Curious Concoctions of the Chef at Giessen | 81 |
| XI | The Way They Have at Giessen | 86 |
| XII | The Escape | 104 |
| XIII | The Traitor at Vehnmoor | 115 |
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