For the events preceding the capture of Corporal Edwards on the eighth of May the author has relied upon his own recollections; as he too had the honor of having been "an original Patricia." G.P. Sept. 1, 1917. Toronto, Canada. CONTENTS CHAPTER PAGE I Polygon Wood 14 II The Fourth of May 20 III Corporal Edwards Takes up the Tale 23 IV Major Gault Comes Back 28 V The Eighth of May and the Last Stand of the Princess Pats 33 VI Prisoners 45 VII Pulling the Leg of a German General 61 VIII The Princess Patricia's German Uncle 70 IX How the German Red Cross Tended the Canadian Wounded 76 X The Curious Concoctions of the Chef at Giessen 81 XI The Way They Have at Giessen 86 XII The Escape 104 XIII The Traitor at Vehnmoor 115 XIV Away Again 123 XV Paying the Piper 140 XVI The Third Escape 158 XVII What Happened in the Wood 177 XVIII The Last Lap 185 XIX Holland at Last 194 XX "It's a Way They Have in the Army" 203 The Evidence in the Case 210 ILLUSTRATIONS Corporal (Now Sergeant) Edward Edwards, Princess Patricia's Canadian Light Infantry _Frontispiece_ PAGE British wounded waiting for transportation to a dressing station 26 The Princess Patricias in billets at Westoutre, Belgium 26 German prisoners bringing wounded men down a communication trench 42 Wounded Canadians receiving first aid after an attack 64 Recipes from Corporal Edward's Diary 84 Fellow prisoners at Giessen 98 Fellow prisoners at Giessen 98 Record of second escape and recapture 126 German prisoners at Southampton 136 High explosives bursting over German trenches 136