A REIGN OF TERROR.
The commandant and the guards established a reign of terror and brutality. The camp was soon in a state of utter misery and desolation. Everyone of them became anaemic and listless. Early in February the authorities, fearing an epidemic, chose seven British, French and Russian doctors, and brought them to Gardelegen. The doctors found very small quantities of drugs, including four ounces of Epsom sa'ts, three or four dozen tablets of quinine, some aspirin and calomel, and a few lint dressings. Cases of sickness numbered - r >o daily. A. commission of German doctors arrived, and spent an hour at the cam]). Half.an-hour later, the German guards packed up, and soon not a German remained inside the camp. The sick were left utterly unattended, and the kitchens were empty. Brunner, commandant of the camp, summoned the seven doctors to t.he edge of the barbed-wire, and told them that sentries would shoot anyone attempting to leave. He added he would return to the spot daily to receive their reports.
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Northern Advocate, 30 October 1916, Page 4
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171A REIGN OF TERROR. Northern Advocate, 30 October 1916, Page 4
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