CAPTIVES IN ITALY

Gisborne Herald, Volume LXVIII, Issue 20632, 13 August 1941, Page 5

CAPTIVES IN ITALY

BRIGHTER SIDE OF LIFE (Reed. Aug. 13, 10 a.m.) LONDON, Aug. 12. Life in a war prison camp has its bright side, judging by the experiences of the four captured British generals, • who are living a Swiss Family Robinson existence at Sulmona, an Italian prison camp, 30 miles east of Rome. The one-armed, one-eyed General Carton de Wiart, V.C., leader of the British Expeditionary Force in Norway, is now commander-in-chief “ot the vegetable garden.” Second in command is Lieutenant-General M. Gambier Parry, British tank expert, who was captured at Mekili, Libya. Lieutenant-General Philip Neame, V.C., deputy-Chief of the General Staff, and Lieutenant-General Richard O'Connor, who was GeneraL Sir Archibald Wavell’s right-hand man, both of whom were captured in Libya, are running a chicken yard lor internees. , Air-Marshal O. Boyd has charge of the carpenters’ shop. Anything from a door top to a window frame is provided by Air-Marshal Boyd and offsiders. General de Wiart’s daughter reveals that her father swam two miles to the shore after his plane came down in the Mediterranean in April. His letter to her says that all the prisoners are well treated.