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FIVE MONTHS ON A GERMAN RAIDER

Being the Adventures of an Englishman Captured by the "Wolf"

by

F. G. TRAYES

Formerly Principal of the Royal Normal College Bangkok, Siam

London Headley Bros. Publishers, Ltd. 72 Oxford Street W. 1

1919.

DEDICATED

IN DEEP GRATITUDE TO THE DANISH NAVAL AUTHORITIES,
LIGHTHOUSE KEEPERS, LIFEBOATMEN AND THEIR FAMILIES,
AND THE KINDLY INHABITANTS OF SKAGEN, DENMARK,
WHO SECURED FOR US, AND WELCOMED US BACK
TO FREEDOM, AND WHO BY THEIR OVERWHELMING
KINDNESS AND HEARTY HELP
AND HOSPITALITY LEFT WITH US SUCH
KIND AND HAPPY MEMORIES
OF THEIR COUNTRY AND
COUNTRYMEN AS
WILL NEVER BE
FORGOTTEN.

CONTENTS

CHAPTER PAGE

I. THE CAPTURE OF THE "HITACHI MARU" 11

II. PRISONERS ON THE "WOLF" 23

III. BACK TO THE "HITACHI MARU" 37

IV. THE GERMANS SINK THEIR PRIZE 51

V. LIFE ON THE "WOLF" 66

VI. ANOTHER PRIZE--OUR FUTURE HOME 82

VII. CHRISTMAS ON THE "IGOTZ MENDI" 97

VIII. RUMOURS AND PLANS 116

IX. EN ROUTE FOR RUHLEBEN--VIA ICELAND 133

X. SAVED BY SHIPWRECK 149

XI. FREE AT LAST 166

ILLUSTRATIONS

THE AUTHOR BEFORE AND AFTER HIS FIVE MONTHS'
CAPTIVITY (Frontispiece)
FACING PAGE

"HITACHI" PASSENGERS AND CREW IN LIFEBOATS AFTER
THEIR SHIP HAD BEEN SHELLED 22

JAPANESE STEAMSHIP "HITACHI MARU" 64

THE "IGOTZ MENDI" ASHORE AT SKAGEN 150

THE SKAGEN LIFEBOAT GOING OUT TO THE "IGOTZ
MENDI" TO BRING OFF THE PRISONERS 166

THE SKAGEN LIFEBOAT BRINGING TO SHORE THE
PRISONERS FROM THE "IGOTZ MENDI" 166

AT SKAGEN: GERMAN PRIZE CREW OF THE "IGOTZ
MENDI" UNDER GUARD, AWAITING INTERNMENT 180

THE COURSE OF THE "WOLF" End paper

FIVE MONTHS ON A GERMAN RAIDER