Prisoners of War in Britain 1756 to 1815 / A record of their lives, their romance and their sufferings

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PREFACE

CONTENTS

LIST OF ILLUSTRATIONS

CHAPTER I INTERNATIONAL RECRIMINATIONS

CHAPTER II THE EXCHANGE OF PRISONERS

CHAPTER III THE PRISON SYSTEM THE HULKS

CHAPTER IV LIFE ON THE HULKS

CHAPTER V LIFE ON THE HULKS ( continued )

CHAPTER VI PRISON-SHIP SUNDRIES

CHAPTER VII TOM SOUVILLE A Famous Prison-Ship Escaper

CHAPTER VIII THE PRISON SYSTEM The Prisoners Ashore. General

CHAPTER IX THE PRISONS ASHORE 1 Sissinghurst Castle

CHAPTER X THE PRISONS ASHORE 2 Norman Cross

CHAPTER XI THE PRISONS ASHORE 3 Perth

CHAPTER XII THE PRISONS ASHORE 4 Portchester

CHAPTER XIII THE PRISONS ASHORE 5 Liverpool

CHAPTER XIV THE PRISONS ASHORE 6 Greenlaw Valleyfield

CHAPTER XV THE PRISONS ASHORE 7 Stapleton, near Bristol

CHAPTER XVI THE PRISONS ASHORE 8 Forton, near Portsmouth

CHAPTER XVII THE PRISONS ASHORE 9 Millbay, near Plymouth

CHAPTER XVIII THE PRISONS ASHORE 10 Dartmoor

CHAPTER XIX SOME MINOR PRISONS

CHAPTER XX LOUIS VANHILLE: A FAMOUS ESCAPER

CHAPTER XXI THE PRISON SYSTEM Prisoners on Parole

CHAPTER XXII PAROLE LIFE

CHAPTER XXIII THE PRISONERS ON PAROLE IN SCOTLAND

CHAPTER XXIV PAROLE PRISONERS IN SCOTLAND ( continued )

CHAPTER XXV PRISONERS OF WAR IN WALES

CHAPTER XXVI ESCAPE AGENTS AND ESCAPES

CHAPTER XXVII ESCAPES OF PRISONERS ON PAROLE

CHAPTER XXVIII COMPLAINTS OF PRISONERS

CHAPTER XXIX PAROLE LIFE. SUNDRY NOTES

CHAPTER XXX PAROLE LIFE: SUNDRY NOTES ( continued )

CHAPTER XXXI VARIORUM

INDEX

TRANSCRIBER'S NOTES

Transcriber’s Note:

The cover image was created by the transcriber and is placed in the public domain.

Frontispiece

Plait Merchants trading with the French Prisoners of War at Norman Cross

From a painting by A. C. Cooke in the Town Hall, Luton

PRISONERS OF WAR IN BRITAIN
1756 TO 1815
A RECORD OF THEIR LIVES, THEIR ROMANCE AND THEIR SUFFERINGS

BY
FRANCIS ABELL
HUMPHREY MILFORD
OXFORD UNIVERSITY PRESS
LONDON EDINBURGH GLASGOW
NEW YORK TORONTO MELBOURNE BOMBAY
1914
OXFORD: HORACE HART
PRINTER TO THE UNIVERSITY

                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                           

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