The Secrets of a Kuttite

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Author

Mousley, Edward O. (Edward Opotiki), 1886-

Title

The Secrets of a Kuttite An Authentic Story of Kut, Adventures in Captivity and Stamboul Intrigue

Credits

Produced by Moti Ben-Ari and the Online Distributed Proofreading Team at www.pgdp.net (This file was produced from images generously made available by The Internet Archive)

Language

English

LoC Class

D501: History: General and Eastern Hemisphere: World War I (1914-1918)

Subject

Al Kut (Iraq) -- History -- Siege, 1915-1916

Category

Text

eBook-No.

41213

Project Gutenberg

https://www.gutenberg.org/ebooks/41213

Release Date

October 28, 2012

Copyright

Public domain in the USA.

Contents

1. 1.THE SECRETS OF A KUTTITE — THE SECRETS OF A KUTTITE
2. 2.AN AUTHENTIC STORY OF KUT, ADVENTURES IN CAPTIVITY AND STAMBOUL INTRIGUE
3. 3.CAPTAIN E. O. MOUSLEY, R.F.A.
4. 4.THE TREK
5. 5.PREFACE
6. 6.CONTENTS
7. 7.LIST OF ILLUSTRATIONS AND MAPS
8. 8.TO THE FALL OF KUT, APRIL 29 TH , 1916 — THE SECRETS OF A KUTTITE
9. 9.EN ROUTE FROM HYDERABAD TO MESOPOTAMIA—VOYAGE UP THE TIGRIS
10. 10.WITH THE SIXTH DIVISION AFTER CTESIPHON—THE RETREAT AND ACTION AT UM-AL-TABUL
11. 11.WE REACH KUT—BEGINNING OF THE SIEGE—THE CHRISTMAS ASSAULT
12. 12.RELIEF DELAYED—FLOODS—LIFE DURING THE SIEGE
13. 13.GENERAL AYLMER'S ATTEMPT—MORE FLOODS—PRESSURE OF THE SIEGE—PREPARATIONS FOR RELIEF—FAILURE—LIFE IN A SIEGE MESS
14. 14.THE LAST DAYS OF KUT—SICKNESS—DEATH—SURRENDER
15. 15.THE TREK. KASTAMUNI
16. 16.THE THIRD CAPTIVITY—BAGHDAD—THE DESERT MARCH OF THE SICK COLUMN—WE REACH RAS-EL-AIN
17. 17.BY RAIL AND TREK OVER THE TAURUS TO ANGORA—THE LAST TREK TO KASTAMUNI
18. 18.LIFE IN KASTAMUNI—THE FIRST SUMMER, 1916
19. 19.WINTER—OUR "SELF-MADE" ORCHESTRA
20. 20.EXTRACTS AND PHOTOS FROM "SMOKE," THE KASTAMUNI "PUNCH" — I. The Ship. — II. The Escape. — III. The Flight. — IV. Lost.
21. 21.SPRING—PLOTS TO ESCAPE—BETRAYAL—ESCAPE OF OTHERS—I AM SENT TO STAMBOUL FOR HOSPITAL
22. 22.STAMBOUL AND BRUSA
23. 23.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
24. 24.DISCOVERY OF THE LETTER—BRUSA—COURT-MARTIAL—LIFE IN A STAMBOUL PRISON—POLITICS AND INTRIGUE
25. 25.BRUSA AGAIN—CHANGE ON WESTERN FRONT—STAMBOUL BEFORE THE END—POLITICAL MANŒUVRING—THE PRINCE SUBAHEDDINE—THE UNION AND PROGRESS PARTY
26. 26.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
27. 27.I LEAVE MUDROS WITH DESPATCHES FOR ROME, PARIS, AND LONDON—ENGLAND!
28. 28.EPILOGUE
29. 29.FOOTNOTES: — Transcriber's Notes

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