Alexander diary, 1917-1918 / Roy Alexander - Page 173
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[Page 173]
1918
Sun 14th Apl
The "local" waddled into Bebra in the early hours of the morning (about 3 am) & we saw the welcome sight of a couple of flat-footed frauleins waiting on the platform with coffee-pails & bread baskets – from which they fed our guard! And we half famished!
However, after much chatter & bargaining the dear creatures finally brought us bread, coffee ersatz, & tiny packets of "Hackfleisch", a typical Hun delicacy consisting of raw chopped meat pounded into a slimy mass. It was quite dark (our carriage lamp had gone out) so we ate the "Hackfleisch" with a clear conscience.
We left Bebra at 7 am – hooked on to another "local" leaving for Cassel. Our postern grew quite garrulous at this stage, pointing out the prison of Napoleon III in 1871 & so forth. Personally, I was quite ignorant of the fact that Nap. III was a gefangener in '71. Passed a large prison-lager (apparently British) at "Ober-something near Cassel.