Project Gutenberg 2016-06-11 Public domain in the USA. 81 Durnford, H. G. (Hugh George) Durnford, Hugh George 21000597 The Tunnellers of Holzminden (with a side-issue) Produced by MWS 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.) "The Tunnellers of Holzminden (with a side-issue)" by H. G. Durnford is a historical account written in the early 20th century. This work chronicles the experiences of British officers imprisoned at Holzminden during World War I, particularly focusing on their daring escape attempt through a tunnel dug over nine months. The story captures the mixture of grief, struggle, and camaraderie among the prisoners, with significant emphasis on characters like Captain Niemeyer, the camp's antagonistic commandant. The opening of the narrative introduces the context of the Holzminden Camp, detailing the bleakness and harsh conditions the prisoners endured. Durnford reflects on the oppressive atmosphere created by the camp authorities, particularly highlighting Captain Niemeyer, who instills fear and frustration among the inmates. Through a combination of vivid descriptions and personal anecdotes, the text sets the stage for the central plot involving the secretive efforts to dig a tunnel for escape, emphasizing the risks and improvisations involved in executing such a plan amid constant surveillance and confinement. (This is an automatically generated summary.) en World War, 1914-1918 -- Prisoners and prisons, German Prisoner-of-war escapes D501 Text Browsing: History - General Browsing: History - Warfare 379383 379273 2024-09-21T17:32:24.129866 2023-09-22T13:58:13.977961 text/html text/html 375968 2016-06-11T14:22:40 text/html; charset=utf-8 4192308 2016-06-11T14:22:42 text/html; charset=utf-8 application/zip 4041415 2024-09-21T17:32:30.764854 application/epub+zip 4042048 2024-09-21T17:32:25.549845 application/epub+zip 227015 2024-09-21T17:32:24.760859 application/epub+zip 4127230 2024-09-21T17:32:34.780785 application/x-mobipocket-ebook 4101981 2024-09-21T17:32:30.022826 application/x-mobipocket-ebook 290767 2022-09-23T20:46:46.774044 application/x-mobipocket-ebook 345048 344848 2024-09-21T17:32:23.376853 2023-09-22T13:58:13.072966 text/plain; charset=us-ascii text/plain 345302 2016-06-11T14:22:38 text/plain; charset=utf-8 131872 2016-06-11T14:22:42 text/plain; charset=utf-8 application/zip 18028 2024-09-21T17:32:34.918795 application/rdf+xml 6112 2024-09-21T17:32:24.838843 image/jpeg 1158 2024-09-21T17:32:24.799865 image/jpeg 4214870 2024-09-21T17:32:24.242895 application/octet-stream application/zip Archives containing the RDF files for *all* our books can be downloaded at https://www.gutenberg.org/wiki/Gutenberg:Feeds#The_Complete_Project_Gutenberg_Catalog