GAULLE Charles de. 3 L. A. S., Ingolstadt and Wülzburg 5, 15, 19 and 31 May 1918, to his mother Jeanne de Gaulle, at La Ligerie (Dordogne). 1 postcard with address on back; 4 in-8 pages headed Fort Prinz Karl, Ingolstadt; 1 postcard with address on back, all 3 in pencil; and 5 and a half in-8 pages headed Wülzburg prisoner of war camp, with envelope. About a possible exchange of prisoners. 5 May: "I haven't received anything from you or anyone else, and all my comrades are at the same point. No doubt the border closures are the main cause. I received the superb parcel from my aunt Alix. It's admirable and obviously both she and you have received a salutary inspiration. I'm sure I'll find something to use it for later this year"... 15th May. "As you can see, and perhaps you already had your doubts, I have changed fort. [...] The enemy's newspapers tell us of the signing of an agreement concerning, among other things, the exchange of prisoners of war and the internment of officers in Switzerland under certain conditions [this is actually false information deliberately spread by the Germans]. Could you find out more about this and write to me to see if I personally would be interested in the agreement in question, given the length of my captivity! It will not escape you that it is a question of an exchange number for number, and that consequently the condition of a minimum of 18 months in captivity is not necessarily sufficient. [...] As for being interned in Switzerland as a patient, I need hardly tell you that I am not thinking about it in any way. Firstly, because I'm not ill. Secondly, and above all, because that would mean giving up the idea of ever fighting again"... 19 May. indicating his new address: "OffizierKrieggef.lager Wülzburg bei Weissenburg im Bayern". 31st May. "I have nothing new to tell you about myself. Besides, at the moment, everything is disappearing in the face of the general drama in which a new act is unfolding. I don't need to tell you any more about my feelings. He then refers to this so-called prisoner exchange and asks his parents to look into it. He saw it as an opportunity to return to combat: "Yes, if the question arises for me, I'll accept, I can't believe that French and enemy officers in good health are then left to demoralise in Switzerland in inaction and temptations of all kinds, exchanged face to face while the fate of their homeland is played out beside them"... And he concludes: "I literally feel ashamed to have to think and write such nonsense at this time. Yet there is now a glimmer of hope in the night that envelops me. As the war goes on for several more years, I regain hope that I will still be able to take part in it"... LNC, I, p. 410 to 414. Enclosed is the manuscript of a judgment for his escape attempt, in German, Ingolstadt 30 April-2 May 1918 (2 p. gr. in-4).