Mentions sanitary arrangements, rations, sleeping areas, etc. Initially held in reserve at the Battle of Ypres. They were armed with the Ross rifle; he partially blames its unreliability for his capture by the Germans during a heavy attack at St. Julien on Apr. 24, 1915. Corker was employed as a range finder operator for the machine guns, but, during a general retirement, they could not hold the Germans off, and a number had to surrender. He considers that in the war zone he received reasonable treatment by the Germans. Transported in freight cars to a camp at Giessen where the accommodation was good, even with 250 men in a building. (20:00) The rations were low, consisting of soup and one loaf of bread per day for five men. Prisoners combined into messes so that the food could be better cooked. After six months they began to think of escape. He was sent a compass from England, hidden in a jar of strawberry jam; the compass served him well during four attempts to escape. The "you know what society" was the name for their escape committee. (30:00) States (surprisingly) that in Germany he was introduced to the coffee break. The best work detail that he had was in a vineyard near Mainz. In industrial settings he was able to perform small acts of sabotage. Anecdote. (40:00)