| Date |
Distance |
Place |
| 19
Jan |
? |
Dombrowo
[Dabrowa Gornicza] |
| 20
Jan |
40km |
Beuton
[i.e. Beuthen, Polish Bytom] |
| 21
Jan |
20km |
Gleiwitz
[Gliwice] |
| 22
Jan |
20km |
Heidrechtstadt |
| 23
Jan |
40km |
? |
| 24
Jan |
20km |
Guad
..f? |
| 25
Jan |
34km |
Neudorf
[Nowa Wies] |
| 26
Jan |
15km |
Posnitz?
(a barn off the Jugensdorf road) |
| 27
Jan |
- |
Wechen |
| 28
Jan |
0 |
Rest
at Wechen |
| 29
Jan |
20km |
To
Don..er farm |
| 30
Jan |
24km |
? |
| 31
Jan |
? |
? |
| 1
Feb |
? |
? |
| 2
Feb |
24km |
? |
| 3
Feb |
25km |
Rabendorf
[Rabov Zanikl] |
| 4
Feb |
20km |
Blauda |
| 5
Feb |
(Total
328 km) |
Celleschan |
| 6
Feb |
? |
Nieder
Hermanitz [Hor Hermanice] |
| 7
Feb |
25km |
Rathsdorf |
| 8
Feb |
12km |
Wilderschaut
[Wildenschwert, Czech Usti nad Orlici]; entered Czech
Protectorate. |
| 9
Feb |
0 |
Rest
day (at Wilderschaut) |
| 10
Feb |
- |
- |
| 11
Feb |
16km |
Chotzen
[Chocen] |
| 12
Feb |
17km |
Ceberjellen |
| 13
Feb |
0 |
Rest
day (at Ceberjellen) |
| 14
Feb |
14km |
(Total
432 km) Bycsta (?) |
| 15
Feb |
13km |
Crossed
Elbe at Patowitz-an-die Elbe [i.e. Pardubitz, Czech Pardubice],
stayed village 2k from Elbe & 11k from Konigsgratz. |
| 16
Feb |
0 |
Rest
day |
| 17
Feb |
16km |
Leibca |
| 18
Feb |
14km |
Unter
Gutwasser [Dobra Voida] |
| 19
Feb |
0 |
Rest
day |
| 20
Feb |
18km |
Aulibitz
[Ulibice] |
| 21
Feb |
35km |
Uber
Bousow [Dol. Bousov] |
| 22
Feb |
0 |
Rest
day |
| 23
Feb |
14km |
A
village, Rep, by a town, Jung Bunzlau
[Mlada Boleslav] |
| 24
Feb |
29km |
(Total
571 km) Kropatsch Urutitz [Kropacova Vrutice] |
| 25
Feb |
0 |
Rest
day |
| 26
Feb |
20km |
Tunsein |
| 27
Feb |
14km |
Ilosein |
| 28
Feb |
0 |
rest
day |
| 1
Mar |
24km |
Dallen |
| 2
Mar |
14km |
(Total
643 km) Jetschin [Jesin] |
| 3
Mar |
0 |
Rest
day |
| 4
Mar |
24km |
Kirchen |
| 5
Mar |
20km |
Peterburg?
[near Saaz [Zatec], see map in diary] |
| 6
Mar |
0 |
Rest
day |
| 7
Mar |
16km |
Grossfarwitz |
| 8
Mar |
20km |
Deutschkmeit
(“turned off Karlsbad [Karlovy Vary]road at Buchau.
Now heading for Marienbad [Marianske Lazne] it’s
said 14 days approx to a Stalag”) |
| 9
Mar |
0 |
Rest
day |
| 10
Mar |
0 |
Rest
day |
| 11
Mar |
25km |
(Total
743 km) Neudorf by Potchau |
| 12
Mar |
0 |
Rest
day |
| 13
Mar |
? |
Abaschau
(4 km from Marienbad [Marianske Lazne]). |
| 14
Mar |
20km |
Waschengrian,
4 km from Plan [Plana] via Tachau [Tachov] |
| 15
Mar |
0 |
Rest
day |
| 16
Mar |
26km |
Haid |
| 17
Mar |
17km |
Rosshaupt
[Rozvadov] |
| 18
Mar |
0 |
Rest
day |
| 19
Mar |
18km |
Moosbach,
“a village 5 k off main road” |
| 20
Mar |
17km |
Shamenreith
(“a village 3 K off the main road 7 K from Weiden”)
|
| 21
Mar |
0 |
Rest
day |
| 22
Mar |
11km |
(Total
877 km) Weiden (“an outlying part, we bypassed it
& are in a barn about 3 K out”) |
| 23
Mar |
0 |
Rest day |
| 24
Mar |
0 |
Rest
day (awaiting transport) |
| 25
Mar |
? |
Schwatzenfeld
(by train) |
| 26
Mar |
? |
Nieder
Fraubling (outside Regensburg) |
| 27
Mar to 22 April |
Nieder
Fraubling |
| 23
Apr |
30km |
Tiefenbau |
| 25
Apr |
? |
Village,
name left blank |
| 26
Apr |
0 |
Remain
here until... |
| 30
Apr |
“I
shall remember this anniversary all the rest of my life
for this morning the Americans arrived to free us.” |
| 1
May |
? |
Rottenburg,
then to isolated farm |
| 2
May |
? |
Regensburg |
| 11
May |
Landed
in England! |