ESCAPE FROM GERMANY.
ANZACS sSUFFJERINGS. LONDON, October 19. , ( Private .H. W^-st, the. West Australian'" who escaped from captivity m .Germany,; m the course of- an .interview, sakl : . "While quarrying I Was loroed to break 'stong sufficient -to fill lour -trucks daily,'; each holding, two and ,a. half', tons. I, refused to work on. Sundays, and ■ a» nuriishirieh't was compelled to dtand on <& bleak hill iri midwinter fpr 12. hours on. each of two days. Sentries sat at their rifle butts. At my '..'first attempt to' escape 1 was fired on ■ twice by the. border guard and .recaptured. Theyplaced me % m a dark cell for a foAl-nigh*"* and gave 'me filthy, .black bread a_ttL water. When I re-started I was carefully watched. I endured this for amonth. ■ ' " •'■•.... "On a dark, stormy, night the sentries' were tasJkiiifir fifteen yards distant, whenT sneaked out and cut the wires. I hadthree minutes' start, and my pursuers, were out-distanced. 1 swam the. River iLippe. For three .days I was almost, without food, and suffered agonies df anxiety. "Finally I eluded the frontier' guards. I was quarantined m Hollaiulj ■for a fortnight, aud Was then released."
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Poverty Bay Herald, Volume XLIV, Issue 14441, 30 October 1917, Page 3
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190ESCAPE FROM GERMANY. Poverty Bay Herald, Volume XLIV, Issue 14441, 30 October 1917, Page 3
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