"I was standing in a small hollow of the sand-dunes on the northern side of the town (Calais), trying abstractedly to clear my revolver of the sand the had choked it three times in the last hour. At the time there was a heavy bombardment going on in the town itself, which made me unaware of the enemy’s approach, and the German sergeant stepping up quietly from behind, tapped me on the shoulder and asked me politely but firmly to go along with him…….."

Escape to Freedom - (Terence Prittie)