Project Gutenberg 2025-04-01 Public domain in the USA. 205 E. C. H. (Ernest Charles Holtom) (Surgeon) 1884 1964 H., E. C. (Ernest Charles Holtom), Surgeon Holtom, Ernest Charles, Surgeon ECH (Ernest Charles Holtom), Surgeon 19003516 Two years' captivity in German East Africa : $b being the personal experiences of Surgeon E. C. H., Royal Navy $aLondon :$bHutchinson & Co., $c1919. MWS and the Online Distributed Proofreading Team at https://www.pgdp.net (This file was produced from images generously made available by The Internet Archive/American Libraries.) "Two Years’ Captivity in German East Africa: Being the Personal Experiences of Surgeon E. C. H., Royal Navy" is a historical account written in the early 20th century. The book, shaped as a factual and personal narrative, likely chronicles the author's experiences as a British prisoner of war during the First World War in German-occupied East Africa. It focuses on themes of war, colonialism, imprisonment, and cross-cultural encounters, giving readers a direct account of both military events and daily life in captivity. The opening of the book sets the scene in the days leading up to the outbreak of war in 1914, following the author—a Royal Navy surgeon—through the mobilization and deployment of his ship. The initial chapters vividly detail the atmosphere among British naval officers, the voyage from England across multiple ports and colonial locales (such as Gibraltar, Port Said, and Bombay), and the early war activities off the coast of East Africa. The narrative quickly transitions to a dramatic episode: the author is ordered ashore to inspect a German vessel, becomes caught up in a violent ambush, and is separated from his ship. Subsequently, he is taken prisoner and moved inland, giving detailed observations of both the German colonial administration and the various peoples and landscapes encountered along the way. The early chapters blend personal anecdote and objective description, establishing a voice that is both reflective and engaged in the unfolding historical drama. (This is an automatically generated summary.) https://archive.org/details/twoyearscaptivit00holtrich 20230404225529holtom 1919 GB Reading ease score: 63.8 (8th & 9th grade). Neither easy nor difficult to read. en World War, 1914-1918 -- Personal narratives World War, 1914-1918 -- Prisoners and prisons, German World War, 1914-1918 -- Africa, East D501 Text Category: Biographies Category: History - British Category: History - European Category: History - Modern (1750+) Category: History - Warfare 403622 2025-06-30T05:03:32.666639 text/html 378471 2025-04-01T16:43:25 text/html 704248 2025-06-30T05:03:38.779603 application/epub+zip 701261 2025-06-30T05:03:33.999648 application/epub+zip 280664 2025-06-30T05:03:33.246641 application/epub+zip 972323 2025-06-30T05:03:42.494579 application/x-mobipocket-ebook 930218 2025-06-30T05:03:38.196601 application/x-mobipocket-ebook 367957 2025-06-30T05:03:32.107647 text/plain; charset=us-ascii 347930 2025-04-01T16:43:25 text/plain; charset=us-ascii 16724 2025-06-30T05:03:42.628605 application/rdf+xml 13674 2025-06-30T05:03:33.503637 image/jpeg 2256 2025-06-30T05:03:33.374616 image/jpeg 714062 2025-06-30T05:03:32.705676 application/octet-stream application/zip Archives containing the RDF files for *all* our books can be downloaded at https://book.klll.cc/wiki/Gutenberg:Feeds#The_Complete_Project_Gutenberg_Catalog