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THE SECRETS OF A KUTTITE
THE SECRETS OF A KUTTITE
AN AUTHENTIC STORY OF KUT, ADVENTURES IN CAPTIVITY AND STAMBOUL INTRIGUE
CAPTAIN E. O. MOUSLEY, R.F.A.
THE TREK
PREFACE
CONTENTS
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
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
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Transcriber's Notes
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