Prisoners of War in Britain 1756 to 1815 / A record of their lives, their romance and their sufferings
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- PRISONERS OF WAR IN BRITAIN 1756 TO 1815 A RECORD OF THEIR LIVES, THEIR ROMANCE AND THEIR SUFFERINGS
- 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
- Winchester
- Roscrow and Kergilliack, near Penryn, Cornwall
- Shrewsbury
- Yarmouth
- Edinburgh
- 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
- Kelso[14]
- Selkirk
- Peebles
- CHAPTER XXIV PAROLE PRISONERS IN SCOTLAND (continued)
- Sanquhar
- Dumfries
- Melrose
- Jedburgh
- Hawick
- Lauder
- Lockerbie and Lochmaben
- CHAPTER XXV PRISONERS OF WAR IN WALES
- In Montgomeryshire
- Llanfyllin
- Montgomery
- Bishop’s Castle
- Newtown
- Welshpool
- In Pembrokeshire
- Pembroke
- The Fishguard affair of 1797
- In Monmouthshire
- Abergavenny
- In Brecknockshire
- CHAPTER XXVI ESCAPE AGENTS AND ESCAPES
- CHAPTER XXVII ESCAPES OF PRISONERS ON PAROLE
- CHAPTER XXVIII COMPLAINTS OF PRISONERS
- CHAPTER XXIX PAROLE LIFE. SUNDRY NOTES
- Bedale, Yorkshire
- Derby
- Ashbourne, Derbyshire
- Chesterfield
- Oswestry
- Leek
- Alresford
- Burials.
- Thame
- Wincanton
- Ashby-de-la-Zouch
- CHAPTER XXX PAROLE LIFE: SUNDRY NOTES (continued)
- Ashburton, Devon
- Tavistock
- Okehampton
- Odiham
- Leicester
- Tragic Events
- International Courtesies
- CHAPTER XXXI VARIORUM
- (1) Some Distinguished Prisoners of War
- (2) Some Statistics
- (3) Epitaphs of Prisoners
- INDEX
- TRANSCRIBER’S NOTES
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