Escape of two soldiers from captivity by the Polish army
The memoirs recount the experiences of battles, captivity, and escape from captivity of Lithuanian and Polish military units. The author of the memoirs is unknown, but the story stands out among the experiences of Lithuanian soldiers in the independence struggles.
Anonymous memoirs represent how infantryman Kerpė, whose last name has undoubtedly been changed, and platoon leader Jockus fall into Polish captivity. Lithuanian soldiers fell into Polish captivity while conducting reconnaissance near Paneriai, which is on the outskirts of Vilnius. The memoirs emphasize that the Poles, who secretly approached, hit them hard over the head with the butt of a weapon, that the captured soldier lost consciousness and woke up only while being transported in a cart with another wounded Pole.
Upon arrival, the wounded were laid on the ground and a Polish military doctor examined their condition and injuries. The Lithuanian soldier remembered how a Pole lying next to him, wounded in the intestines, was slowly dying, and a Pole wounded in the leg was crying in pain as he tried to move his injured leg. After one of the wounded men had died and his corpse was carried away, soldier Kerpė grabbed a medical gown with the agility of a cat, put it on, and ran. While running, Kerpė stabbed a Polish guard and escaped together with his platoon member Jockums, who was also a prisoner of Polish soldiers.
- Anonymous memoir, Lithuanian war invalid, 1935, No. 7, pp. 39-40.
