Project Gutenberg 2011-09-07 Public domain in the USA. 91 Yeats-Brown, Francis 1886 1944 Yeats-Brown, Francis Charles Claypon Yeats-Brown, F. (Francis) 20000032 Caught by the Turks 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. 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)) "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.) en World War, 1914-1918 -- Prisoners and prisons, Turkish D501 Text Browsing: History - General Browsing: History - Warfare 400418 395862 2024-09-15T16:22:01.483966 2023-09-16T09:30:19.991832 text/html text/html 399429 2021-01-08T02:43:10 text/html; charset=iso-8859-1 273576 2021-01-08T02:43:10 text/html; charset=iso-8859-1 application/zip 349890 2024-09-15T16:22:09.795934 application/epub+zip 351982 2024-09-15T16:22:03.619982 application/epub+zip 222440 2024-09-15T16:22:02.338975 application/epub+zip 531622 2024-09-15T16:22:14.528907 application/x-mobipocket-ebook 488768 2024-09-15T16:22:08.797926 application/x-mobipocket-ebook 359715 2022-09-17T07:04:43.618030 application/x-mobipocket-ebook 360299 360038 2024-09-15T16:22:00.592982 2023-09-16T09:30:19.118877 text/plain; charset=us-ascii text/plain 360005 2021-01-08T02:43:10 text/plain; charset=iso-8859-1 143622 2021-01-08T02:43:10 text/plain; charset=iso-8859-1 application/zip 359998 2021-01-08T02:43:10 text/plain; charset=us-ascii 143519 2021-01-08T02:43:10 text/plain; charset=us-ascii application/zip 20572 2024-09-15T16:22:14.682878 application/rdf+xml 11169 2024-09-15T16:22:02.854954 image/jpeg 2987 2024-09-15T16:22:02.655982 image/jpeg 324992 2024-09-15T16:22:01.527986 application/octet-stream application/zip Archives containing the RDF files for *all* our books can be downloaded at https://www.gutenberg.org/wiki/Gutenberg:Feeds#The_Complete_Project_Gutenberg_Catalog en.wikipedia