Lieutenant O'Brien Bravely Endures Frontline Flight Fight
Momence resident Pat O'Brien joins the British Royal Flying Corps in Canada after service in the American Flying Corps. He flies in France, fights German pilots, is shot down and captured. Wounded, he escapes a German hospital, is sent to Courtrai camp, then to a German prison train. He leaps from a moving train to seek liberty.
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Crawling Through Germany A World War I Escape Tale
The narrator details his perilous night trek after leaping from a train near Strassburg, crossing canals, dodging pursuit in rain and woods, and living on cabbage and beets while evading German forces. He recounts nights of travel, the worsening hunger, and the careful use of a map to steer toward freedom via Luxembourg and Belgium.
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Nine Days Through Luxembourg Into Belgium By O'Brien
O'Brien recalls nine hard days fleeing through Luxembourg toward Belgium. He endures hunger, cold, rain, and rivers, crossing with soaked gear and swamped bearings, narrowly avoiding detection by locals, and noting his deteriorating health yet eventual exit into Belgium after crossing into the next frontier.
Entering Belgium Amid Uncertain Escape Chapter IX
The narrator recounts crossing into Belgium about eighteen days after escape, guessing the timing, and realizing his position only after moving north toward German lines. He began attempting to swim a canal before daylight and was pursued by a violently yelling German, confirming he was followed.
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Belgium
Ines
O Brien Reaches Belgium Faces Starvation for Aid
In Belgium he confronts hunger and the danger of capture by bravely approaching a Belgian home seeking food. He wields an improvised weapon and is willing to take extreme risks. Read the next installment for full details.
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O'Brien
Belgium
A Canon's Daughter Probably Comes From English Tale
The Boston Transcript quotes a line with the humorous line Come and finde some ten as a character acts in a likely English story fragment. The remark reveals light dialogue and casual social tone.
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