Caught by the Turks

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Yeats-Brown, Francis, 1886-1944

Language:

English

Physical Description:

1 online resource : multiple file formats

Place of Publication:

Salt Lake City, UT : Project Gutenberg,

Summary:

"Caught by the Turks" by Francis Yeats-Brown is a historical account written in the early 20th century. This memoir recounts the author's experiences as a British airman who becomes a prisoner of war during his flight missions in the Middle East amidst World War I. The narrative captures themes of adventure, captivity, and cultural encounters, as well as the brutal realities of war, particularly through the lens of the Ottoman Empire's treatment of prisoners. At the start of the book, the author describes an intense and high-stakes aeronautical mission near Baghdad that ultimately leads to his capture. Following a malfunction during their operation to disrupt Turkish communications, he and his pilot crash-land and are quickly overwhelmed by hostile locals. Despite managing to destroy a telegraph line before their capture, the author highlights the tense moments of their surrender amidst gunfire and the chaotic reactions of approaching enemy horsemen. As they are taken prisoner, the narrative hints at their upcoming hardships, including the uncertainty of their treatment and the dire implications of being in Turkish hands during war. (This is an automatically generated summary.)

Contents:

Capture

A shadowland of arabesques

The terrible Turk

"Out of great tribulation"

The long descent of wasted days

The psychology of prison

The comic hospital in Constantinople

Our first escape

A city of disguises

Recaptured

The black hole of Constantinople

Our second escape.

Credits:

Produced by Barbara Watson, Ross Cooling, Mark Akrigg and the Online Distributed Proofreading Canada Team at http://www.pgdpcanada.net ((This file was produced from images generously made available by The Internet Archive/Canadian Libraries))

Notes:

Reading ease score: 70.4 (7th grade). Fairly easy to read.

Release date is 2011-09-07