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The Project Gutenberg EBook of 'Brother Bosch', an Airman's Escape from Germany, by Gerald Featherstone Knight This eBook is for the use of anyone anywhere at no cost and with almost no restrictions whatsoever. You may copy it, give it away or re-use it under the terms of the Project Gutenberg License included with this eBook or online at www.gutenberg.org Title: 'Brother Bosch', an Airman's Escape from Germany Author: Gerald Featherstone Knight Release Date: November 10, 2008 [EBook #27229] Language: English Character set encoding: ASCII *** START OF THIS PROJECT GUTENBERG EBOOK BROTHER BOSCH *** Produced by Irma Spehar and the Online Distributed Proofreading Team at http://www.pgdp.net (This file was produced from images generously made available by The Internet Archive/American Libraries.) "BROTHER BOSCH" AN AIRMAN'S ESCAPE FROM GERMANY BY CAPTAIN KNIGHT, R.A.F. 1919 LONDON: WILLIAM HEINEMANN _London: William Heinemann, 1919_ To the Memory of CAPTAIN MORRITT, LIEUT. MEDLICOTT, LIEUT. WALTERS, AND ALL OTHER OFFICERS, N.C.O.'S AND MEN, WHO, BEING LESS FORTUNATE, GAVE THEIR LIVES IN THE ENDEAVOUR. Beloved Country! banished from thy shore, A stranger in this prison house of clay, The exiled spirit weeps and sighs for thee! Heavenward the bright perfections I adore Direct, and the sure promise cheers the way, That, whither love aspires, there shall my dwelling be. _Longfellow._ NOTE "The spelling of the word 'Bosch' was the customary one in the German prisoners' camps from which the author made his escape, and is retained for the sake of local colour." ERRATA P. 25, line 6 from bottom, _for_ "_weis_" _read_ "_weiss_." P. 43, line 14, _for_ "balolaika" _read_ "balalaika." P. 47, line 10 and p. 55, line 16, _for_ "_Weiswein_" _read_ "_Weisswein_." P. 51, line 7, _for_ "Hammelin" _read_ "Hameln." P. 126, line 20, _for_ "Pupche
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