The Spy Net

Introduction vii

1 From Boer to Briton 1
2 Getting to the firing line 11
3 I enter the British secret service 25
4 Van Bergen starts my first organisation 41
5 The White Lady of the Hohenzollerns 49
6 Militarisati on of the ‘White Lady ’ 69
7 The Hirson Platoon 77
8 The German Secret Police — their methods and organisation 93
9 Exploits of the Chimay company 105
10 The affair of the Villa des Hirondelles 117
11 Léon Trulin — youngest spy shot during the war 129
12 The Biscops Service 141
13 The Conneux Flying Squad 153
14 Siegburg — prison for women 163
15 Deserters and a Dame 171
16 Surprises of the coast patrol — the wireless torpedo boat 187
17 Espionage , counter-espionage and spy hysteria 195
18 ‘40 OB’ 209
19 Spy from the sky 227
20 An astounding proposition from the Hamburg soldiers’ council — and exit the Kaiser 235
21 Liquidation of the service 245
22 Edith Cavell — reflections 251
23 Passport control in Germany 263
24 Yvonne — an interlude 273
25 Investigating war wizardry 285
26 The German secret service makes a proposal 297
27 Russian adventure 303
28 Sabotage in the USA — Black Tom blows up 331
29 The Kingsland fire 343