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SIXTEEN MONTHS IN
FOUR GERMAN PRISONS

WESEL
SENNELAGER
KLINGELPUTZ
RUHLEBEN

NARRATED BY

HENRY C. MAHONEY

CHRONICLED BY

FREDERICK A. TALBOT

AUTHOR OF "THE NEW GARDEN OF CANADA,"
"CONQUESTS OF SCIENCE," ETC.

LONDON AND EDINBURGH
SAMPSON LOW, MARSTON & CO., LTD.
1917

THE AUTHOR AS HE APPEARED ON THE DAY OF HIS RELEASE FROM RUHLEBEN.

From an official photograph taken by the German Government forattachment to the passport. The embossed imprint of the stamp of theKommandantur of Berlin may be seen.
Frontispiece

TO
MY WIFE AND CHILDREN

WHO WAITED PATIENTLY AND ANXIOUSLY
FOR "DADDY," AND TO

A FRIEND,

STILL LANGUISHING IN RUHLEBEN, TO
WHOM I OWE MY LIFE

PRISONER'S NOTE

It was whilst suffering the agonies of solitary confinement in themilitary prison of Wesel that I first decided to record my experiencesso that readers might be able to glean some idea of the inner workingsand the treatment meted out to our unfortunate compatriots who weretravelling in Germany at the outbreak of war and who have since beeninterned.

From the moment of my decision I gathered all the information possible,determining at the first opportunity to escape to the Old Country. Aswill be seen I have to a degree been successful.

Owing to the grossly inaccurate and highly coloured reports which havebeen circulated from time to time regarding the life and treatment ofprisoners of war, the story has been set out in a plain unvarnishedform. There are no exaggerations whatever. Much of the most revoltingdetail has been eliminated for the simple reason that they areunprintable....