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Edward O. Mousley. The Secrets of a Kuttite
The Secrets of a Kuttite
Table of Contents
PREFACE
LIST OF ILLUSTRATIONS AND MAPS
PART I
TO THE FALL OF KUT, APRIL 29TH, 1916
THE SECRETS OF A KUTTITE
CHAPTER I
EN ROUTE FROM HYDERABAD TO MESOPOTAMIA—VOYAGE. UP THE TIGRIS
CHAPTER II
WITH THE SIXTH DIVISION AFTER CTESIPHON—THE RETREAT. AND ACTION AT UM-AL-TABUL
CHAPTER III
WE REACH KUT—BEGINNING OF THE SIEGE—THE CHRISTMAS. ASSAULT
CHAPTER IV
RELIEF DELAYED—FLOODS—LIFE DURING THE SIEGE
CHAPTER V
GENERAL AYLMER'S ATTEMPT—MORE FLOODS—PRESSURE OF. THE SIEGE—PREPARATIONS FOR RELIEF—FAILURE—LIFE. IN A SIEGE MESS
CHAPTER VI
THE LAST DAYS OF KUT—SICKNESS—DEATH—SURRENDER
PART II
THE TREK. KASTAMUNI
CHAPTER VII
THE THIRD CAPTIVITY—BAGHDAD—THE DESERT MARCH OF. THE SICK COLUMN—WE REACH RAS-EL-AIN
CHAPTER VIII
BY RAIL AND TREK OVER THE TAURUS TO ANGORA—THE LAST. TREK TO KASTAMUNI
CHAPTER IX
LIFE IN KASTAMUNI—THE FIRST SUMMER, 1916
CHAPTER X
WINTER—OUR "SELF-MADE" ORCHESTRA
CHAPTER XI
EXTRACTS AND PHOTOS FROM "SMOKE," THE KASTAMUNI "PUNCH"
I. The Ship
II. The Escape
III. The Flight
IV. Lost
CHAPTER XII
SPRING—PLOTS TO ESCAPE—BETRAYAL—ESCAPE OF OTHERS—I. AM SENT TO STAMBOUL FOR HOSPITAL
PART III
STAMBOUL AND BRUSA
CHAPTER XIII
PSAMATIA (STAMBOUL)—STARVATION AND NEGLECT IN HOSPITAL. AND GARRISON—PLOTS TO ESCAPE BY THE BOSPHORUS—I. ORGANIZE ESCAPE FROM PSAMATIA THROUGH THE HEART. OF STAMBOUL—STORM AND WRECK ON SEA OF MARMORA—RETURN
CHAPTER XIV
DISCOVERY OF THE LETTER—BRUSA—COURT-MARTIAL—LIFE. IN A STAMBOUL PRISON—POLITICS AND INTRIGUE
CHAPTER XV
BRUSA AGAIN—CHANGE ON WESTERN FRONT—STAMBOUL. BEFORE THE END—POLITICAL MANŒUVRING—THE PRINCE. SUBAHEDDINE—THE UNION AND PROGRESS PARTY
CHAPTER XVI
I LEAVE STAMBOUL ON A MISSION EN ROUTE FOR THE FLEET—MEET. THE PRINCE'S DELEGATE AT SMYRNA—FREE!—WITH. THE ENTENTE FLEET AT MUDROS BEFORE ENTERING THE. DARDANELLES
CHAPTER XVII
I LEAVE MUDROS WITH DESPATCHES FOR ROME, PARIS, AND LONDON—ENGLAND!
EPILOGUE
FOOTNOTES:
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Edward O. Mousley
An Authentic Story of Kut, Adventures in Captivity and Stamboul Intrigue
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Then, as we gradually gave way, the tide of action moved very slowly southwards. The General motioned us to take cover in a ditch. Our horses we had sent on. It was about this time that H.M.S. Firefly was hit in her boiler and captured by the Turks. Several barges filled with wounded and stores had to be abandoned.
First one battery limbered up and fell into action half a mile to the rear, then another, and so on. Several times I took orders over the intervening ground that was now being plastered with shells bursting either too high or on graze. Don Juan behaved excellently. He shied once violently when a shell burst just behind us, and again as he took off to jump a nullah at the bottom of which a medical officer I knew, Major Walker, was attending to a wounded man. For the rest he went in his best hunting style over ditches and holes and took not the slightest notice of the noise or bursts. I often give him an extra handful of hay when I recall December 1st.
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