Night in the Belgian cellars and a theater escape
A fugitive English officer hides in a Belgian house as German soldiers plunder for metal. He escapes a cellar trap, observes German discipline, and risks a night at an in-town theater to gain calm and plan further steps toward the frontier. He notes Belgians’ war weariness and German resource strategies.
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Belgium
Atoll
Ax T
Conde Dence
Holland
Mugliger
Beer Caven
Price List of Drinks and Pickups at Free Motion Picture Show
O'Brien was seen at a beer garden event tied to a free motion picture show where drink prices included Sparkling Dey Oliger Ale at 12s and other beverages listed. The notice notes pricing and availability in the venue.
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Hupliger
Big City
O'Brien
Henven
Gerstein Dé Flesch
Michaux
Gersten
Bock
Soldier Officers at My Table in a Belgian Café
A wartime diary recounts surviving a German‑occupied Belgian city scene in a café full of soldiers. The narrator hides fear while noticing Belgian, German officers, nurses, and menu items, fearing discovery yet carefully navigating language and payments. The piece ends with renewed strength and resolve to leave Hayliger.
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Turni
London
Paris
Belgium
Berlin
Observations During Air Raid In Belgian City
A lone air raid observer recalls wandering past a ruined main railroad station and watching German targets from the crowd. He notes the danger of shooting from 50 to 100 mph, the lack of lighting, and the eerie calm as locals ignored the drone of war. He also fantasizes about capturing a German tug at headquarters, imagining the perilous ease of such theft.
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Giman
Stat Bod
I Leave for the Frontier
A narrator recounts escaping into the Belgian countryside during wartime. He evades guards by posing as a Belgian peasant, travels by day and night toward the frontier, shares food with a Belgian farmer, and contemplates crossing a barbed wire and electric barrier nine feet high while weighing the risks and challenges.
Adventures of Toimroductwey in World War I Europe
The synopsis outlines a narrator Pat OUntea recounting his adventures in wartime Europe across chapters from a prison and battles in Belgium Luxembourg and Germany. It follows capture escapes and travels toward a home town, detailing harsh conditions hunger and clashes with German forces.
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Pat Ountea
Cullen
Leteribor Fielpur
Outwitting the Hun Told By Survivor In New Genia
The piece presents a firsthand account of an escape from enemy forces, narrated by the survivor. It portrays perilous moments, decision points, and the margin between capture and freedom as described by the writer.
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Genia
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