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

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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