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The Tunnellers of Holzminden (with a side-issue)

Chapter 3: ILLUSTRATIONS AND PLANS
By H. G. Durnford
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An eyewitness account describes life inside a prisoner-of-war camp and the meticulous planning, excavation, and execution of a mass tunnel escape. The narrative weaves daily routines and the camp's oppressive atmosphere with technical descriptions of the shaft, tools, and concealment, and sketches of the men who took part and their accomplices. It records immediate reprisals and partial recaptures, follows the subsequent attempts to reach safety, and outlines the practical measures that enabled some to make good their escape, all illustrated and supported by plans and firsthand testimony.

ILLUSTRATIONS AND PLANS

The track of the Holzminden Tunnel after being dug up Frontispiece
 
A street in Ypres    
The Cloth Hall in 1917 to face p. 2
The Menin Gate of Ypres    
 
The Battery in action N. of the Menin Road    
The Menin Road ” 5
At the waggon-lines    
 
View from Kaserne B, showing skating rink made in January 1918 to face p. 30
 
Karl Niemeyer ” 36
 
General plan of Holzminden Camp p. 53
 
Kaserne B to face p. 54
 
Scene of the Walter-Medlicott attempt    
A dining-room at Holzminden ” 61
 
Section and ground-plan of staircase, chamber, and tunnel entrance p. 73
 
Course of the tunnel ” 93
 
At the tunnel mouth to face p. 100
 
Section of attic roof p. 112
 
Orderlies digging out the tunnel between Kaserne B and the outer wall to face p. 142
 
Group of recaptured officers in a room at Holzminden ” 162
 
Facsimile of the original permit-card copied by Lockhead to face p. 169
 
Facsimile of the forged railway passport between pp. 174-5
 
Map of N.W. Germany and frontiers p. 189