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                         CAPTIVITY AND ESCAPE

                     [Illustration: M. JEAN MARTIN

                           _Frontispiece._]




                             CAPTIVITY AND
                                ESCAPE

                           BY M. JEAN MARTIN

                        A FRENCH SERGEANT-MAJOR

                   TRANSLATED BY MISS V. A. RANDELL

                          WITH ILLUSTRATIONS

                                LONDON
                    JOHN MURRAY ALBEMARLE STREET, W




                                TO HER

             THE THOUGHT OF WHOM BROUGHT CONSOLATION TO ME
              IN HOURS OF SUFFERING, MOURNING AND SADNESS

                                TO HER

                 WHO PROVED MY STRENGTH AND SAFEGUARD
                  THROUGHOUT DAYS OF TRIAL AND DANGER

                             TO MY FIANCÉE

                        I DEDICATE THIS VOLUME

                         _All rights reserved_




PREFACE


We have hitherto had many volumes of the doings of British soldiers at
the front and in captivity, but few of our French Allies.

The experiences of Monsieur J. Martin, written originally in French,
give such a vivid picture of prison life in Germany, that they have an
interest far beyond the mere personal one which his friends and
countrymen attach to his name.

Brought up in France, amidst all the charm and culture of the best
French-Protestant traditions, he was educated at Rouen, and he finally
took