An Account of Our Arresting Experiences

An eyewitness travel narrative recounts three companions' hurried departure from Berlin at the outbreak of war in summer 1914. The travelers describe missed luggage, attempts to secure passage on a liner, alarmed hotel life as arrests and detectives appear, banks and telegraphs failing, and the growing crowds and military movements. They try to raise funds, charter an automobile, and set off through rain‑soaked German towns, facing delays, closed communications, and uncertain frontiers while reflecting on anxiety, bureaucratic hurdles, and the surreal mixture of ordinary scenes and a rapidly escalating crisis.