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the new commander of the Kameruner Schutztruppe as captain on the veranda of Garua station'

Garua Sheet: D3.

Germany: Prisoners, including: Mrs W D Burnyeat, daughter of a German officer, one of batch of '14 B's' interned in the UK in the interest of the safety of the realm: procedure of enquiries for British subjects on pink forms. Enquiries from persons in the UK as to affairs in Germany. Enquiries for British prisoners made direct to US officials in Germany and Austria; enquiries addressed to James W Gerard, US Embassy, Berlin. Enquiry for mother of an English girl: daughter, aged 15 years, of a Mrs Ackroyd by first marriage to British Army officer (now deceased), now married to a German subject named Muller in Berlin; enquiry from The Central Charities Committee , London, regarding the whereabouts of Mrs Ackroyd and the welfare of the child. W H Wills, English lecturer at Munich University, called up for service in the German Army: request that enquiries be made whether he is a free agent; report that he had apparently lost his British nationality. Administration of enemy property in the UK. Frau Pfeiffer, German subject at Port of Spain, Trinidad: request from German Government that she be permitted to return to Germany to undergo an eye operation. Corporal John Wilson, 8th Durham Light Infantry, interned in Rennbahn Camp, near Munster: report of his imprisonment in Germany on charge of inciting to mutiny against working in coke ovens; request for clarification of report that he had been shot. Message for transmission to manager of Equitable Life Assurance Society in London received at US Embassy, Berlin, from Mrs Doris Hirsch on behalf of her brother Georg Henschel of Berlin. Deaths in Germany of Frederick William Sawdon and William Schweitzer, British subjects: information regarding deaths and burial particulars, and forwarding of effects; enquiry from Sawdon's widow, Mrs A Sawdon of Hull; statement from Dr Weiler concerning causes of their deaths at his sanatorium in Berlin. Italian prisoners of war interned in German East Africa: instructions to release twelve Italian subjects interned at Tabora and Morogoro. Transmission of securities to Germany: bonds, stocks and securities of diplomats. Property belonging to members of late German Embassy, left in the UK on outbreak of war: includes list of individuals with inventories of property (in docket no.186014). Letters from wounded British prisoners in Germany: arrangements for transmission of two letters by US Embassy, Berlin. Admittance of newspapers to prisoners' camps. Flogging of two German prisoners at camp at Torrens Island, South Australia. Missionaries in British East Africa. Ordained clergy as combatants in German Army. Money for German captains detained in Malta. Reciprocal release of private luggage detained in England and Germany. Christmas presents for all British prisoners of war in Germany. Treatment of certain prisoners as officers. Treatment accorded to non-commissioned officer prisoners of war. Letter for transmission to Zambesi Navigation Company, London, received at US Embassy, Berlin. Liberty on parole of German officers captured at Garoua and interned at Medea. Transfer of £300 to German prisoner at Windhuk (Windhoek), South West Africa. Mrs Schafhausen, formerly of Catford, now in the United States: despatch of personal effects and luggage. Mrs Louisa Carpenter (née Ansorge), Indian-born British subject, now in Germany: application for remittance of funds from the UK. Rev H M Williams, late Chaplain of St George's Church in Berlin: question of financial relief. Germans of Tsingtau Medical Corps detained at Knockaloe. Money surrendered in the Cameroons by L Maetze, German subject interned at Knockaloe: request for assistance for return of money. Interned German officers in the UK: request for copy of German instructions to interned officers urging them to escape. Julia E B Jacobitz, German lady resident of Bournemouth: petition for permission to continue residing in the town; issue of expulsion order. Edward Lebarron Johnson, interned in Ruhleben as a British citizen: claim to be a US citizen; includes copy of inquiry form with biographical details (in docket no.179837). Eugene Smith, interned in Ruhleben as a British citizen: claim to be a US citizen; includes copy of inquiry form with biographical details (in docket no.1798397): Proposed repatriation of German women at Belgaum. Lieut Henry Koch, German naval officer, escaped from internment at Norfolk, USA, detained as a prisoner of war in Edinburgh. Gilbert Graham, British subject at Ruhleben: promissory note regarding advance from British Relief Fund for treatment at Dr Weiler's sanatorium, Berlin, to be recovered from sickness policy of Mutual Life and Citizens Company, of Sydney, Australia. Releases from Ruhleben: list of alleged British subjects whom German Government proposed to release; enquiry whether they should be supplied with passports; includes list of individuals with biographical details (in docket no.180647, and docket no.186382). Corporal Felton, 9th East Surrey Regiment, deceased: transmission of documents relative to his will. Julius Lubinski, interned at Ruhleben, released from internment amongst a batch of invalid civilians arrived in UK: emergency passport issued by US authorities in Berlin; investigation into his nationality. Recording of illnesses incurred by German prisoners during internment: adoption of German proposal. Nathan Golding, naturalised British subject domiciled at Bloemfontein, South Africa, civilian prisoner in Germany: enquiries regarding his whereabouts. Message for Deutsche Bank, Berlin, from Planters' Association, Samoa. Major C Toogood, prisoner in Germany: enquiries from his wife, Mrs Toogood of Southsea, regarding his state of health and question of promotion to rank of colonel. Mr G Macrae, in Barcelona: enquiry regarding luggage lost in Germany. Lawrence S Ainsworth, of Wembley, Middlesex: enquiry regarding recovery of books taken from him at German frontier. Imprisonment of German sailors arriving at Bristol from Chile, for being in a prohibited area and having false passports. Code 1218 File 162400-183951.

Germany: Prisoners, including: Princess Pless, British-born wife of German subject: rent due on property in London. Payment of salaries to teachers detained in Germany. William Ring, German aged 14 enlisted in British Army: protest from father, Julius Ring in Knockaloe. Information supplied by Central Information Bureau: question of accuracy; includes lists (in docket no.184676). Parole: liability for military duties of German civilians; parole given by interned civilians; question of German Government attitude. Capture of German Military Police late of German South West Africa. British prisoners interned at Schloss Celle: Prof Carl Fuchs, naturalised British subject at Darmstadt: proposed exchange for Leopold von Plessen or Dr Etscheit. Otto Roese, in London, and F W Steege, in Ruhleben, officials of Standard Bank of South Africa Ltd: proposed exchange. L Barry Sloan (Lawrence Barrington Sloan) and Eric Barrington Sloan, in Ruhleben: information from father, L G Sloan of Kingsway, regarding their invalidity and possible repatriation; proposed exchange for Walther Steffens and another German. George Packe, in Ruhleben: enquiry from wife, Caroline Packe of Taplow, suggesting an exchange for a German in UK. Robert Melville, in Ruhleben: enquiry from son, Lieut Sydney J C Melville, that father's name be added to list for exchange. Friedrich von Bülow, interned in UK: proposed exchange for Mr Fergusson, civilian internee in Germany. Private F Whittaker, 7th Battalion Canadian Regiment, imprisoned in Germany. Imprisonment of British soldiers for refusing to work: report of about fifty prisoners awaiting trail at Munster; request for investigation into sentence of Private A Todd, 7th Battalion Canadian Regiment; includes list of individuals (in docket no.201689). A E Melhuish of Purley: enquiry regarding son's personal effects at Leipzig. Mrs Flora Bray and Mrs Mary Taylor, returned British civilians from Germany: nationality. Dr Pfeiffer, detained at Holyport: forfeiture of medical status and detention as an ordinary officer prisoner. Joseph Cavanagh, tailor of Savile Row, London: rent of his shop in Berlin. Edward J Newman, British subject at Ruhleben, skipper of SS Cancer , taken prisoner by German torpedo boat which then sunk his vessel: claim for losses. Thomas Rushton, British civilian who died during journey home following release from Ruhleben: enquiries for information of relatives in UK; reply from daughter, Mrs Wray of Manchester. Books belonging to repatriated British subjects: arrangements for return to owners following examination by Postal Censor. Maurice Walker, interned in Germany: arrangements that letter addressed to Sennelager may be forwarded to him at Ruhleben. Capt Astell, Asst Provost Marshal to 63rd Division, in Doncaster: arrangements for communications with wife in Saxony. Christmas presents for interned prisoners. Transmission of money to German subjects in UK and dominions. German prisoners taken at Garua [Garoua, Cameroons]. Note verbale from German Government for transmission to Mrs Marie Grimshaw in Jersey. Louis Holcroft, civilian detained in Germany, suffering from heart condition: request for advice and assistance following sequestration by German Government of property at Nauheim. G Markesson, previously imprisoned in Germany: report of his re-arrest and he was to be tried by Civil Court; representations to be made that he is properly defended. Race Hunter, British civil prisoner in Germany undergoing treatment at Dr Weiler's sanatorium: enquiries from father, A B Hunter of Leeds; further enquiries regarding his whereabouts as reported 'lost' during journey from Flushing to Tilbury. George Hans von Chorus, German-born US resident, detained in Brixton Prison: possible release under guarantee he would remain in US as a neutral. Corp W Graham, RAMC, at Salzwedel: recommendation that French Government be informed of his work in assisting British and French wounded in camp. Dr Walter Gellhorn, detained at Edinburgh Castle: request for repatriation to Germany on grounds of medical qualifications. Retired and reserve officers detained as prisoners. Transmission of funds from SW Africa to Germany. John M Stirling, British subject released from Ruhleben, now in Cheshire: transmission of papers belonging to him; enquiry regarding recovery of amounts due to him by English companies. Miss Edith Emily Hoskins, British subject in Berlin: remittance of money from UK. Richard J Nowlan, prisoner in Germany: request from father, Thomas Nowlan, for authority to send amount required for payment of taxes. Requisitioning of Villa Beyerle, Cairo, for Red Cross purposes. R Meinig (or Mening), German subject imprisoned at Maidstone: protest against treatment. Red Cross Conference, Stockholm: transmission of report. Thomas Roberts: death in Dr Weiler's sanatorium: circumstances, and transmission of property. British seamen and RAMC prisoners from Germany: arrangements for departure and Germans to be exchanged. Grikis and Schenk, invalid Germans in South Africa. Mrs Nellie Watt, of Glasgow: return from Germany; information regarding incidents, and enquiries what happened to Capt Reddie, Mr Parks and Mr Harty, with whom arrested. Mrs Harrison of Kent: arrangements to send her a letter received at US Embassy, London, containing dying message from her daughter. Allan Carruth Barr, released from Ruhleben as an invalid: position in respect of subsequently joining HM Forces. Alleged seizure of £700 from German Consulate General, Cape Town. German physicians detained at Edinburgh Castle: Dr Franz Thalwitzer, Dr Berthold Baneth and Dr George Richter; requests for release as Red Cross members. Promotion of officers from late German South West Africa: German Government note verbale enclosing list of officers promoted previous to capitulation; request for appropriate pay and treatment; includes list of names (in docket no.198165). Fritz Schlaeger, German prisoner on SS Canada , Isle of Wight: German Government request for information regarding reported marriage to Elly Assmann. Germans removed from Katanga province: enquiries regarding their disposal. Intercepted letter from Edward Gerhard Müller, prisoner at Wakefield, detailing his proceedings at Rio on outbreak of war and his experiences after capture. Execution of German merchant Schnade in Cameroons. Walter Roman, British prisoner at Ruhleben: report that German partner of firm named Messrs Hayn, Roman

OPERATIONS (NARRATIVES OF): General (Code 46(A)): Report by Colonel (later Brigadier) F. Cunliffe on operations on Nigeria/Cameroon border up to the fall of Garua with list of mentions and maps.

Rough Plan of Garua [Plan of Garua] Sheet 28b.