Project Gutenberg 2010-10-14 Public domain in the USA. 365 Bishop, Harry Coghill Watson Bishop, H. C. W. A Kut Prisoner E-text prepared by David Clarke, Linda Hamilton, and the Online Distributed Proofreading Team (http://www.pgdp.net) from page images generously made available by Internet Archive/Canadian Libraries (http://www.archive.org/details/toronto) "A Kut Prisoner" by Harry Coghill Watson Bishop is a historical account written in the early 20th century. The narrative recounts the personal experiences of a subaltern in the Indian Army Reserve during the First World War, specifically detailing the battles faced and the subsequent captivity at Kut followed by an arduous escape from Turkey. Readers can expect a detailed depiction of military life, the challenges of war, and the resilience of soldiers, framed through the author's firsthand observations. The opening of the narrative introduces the protagonist's initial journey from India to Basra, where he joins a regiment and anticipates joining the front lines amidst the Turko-British conflict in Mesopotamia. Bishop conveys a palpable sense of military camaraderie as he describes the experiences leading up to the battle of Ctesiphon, emphasizing the excitement, uncertainty, and the grim realities of war as the British forces encounter the well-prepared Turkish troops. The text captures the disorienting nature of warfare and sets the tone for the trials and tribulations that will unfold as the soldiers face both enemy fire and the challenges of survival in captivity. (This is an automatically generated summary.) http://book.klll.cc/files/34069/34069-h/images/frontis1.jpg Reading ease score: 73.9 (7th grade). Fairly easy to read. en World War, 1914-1918 -- Personal narratives, English World War, 1914-1918 -- Prisoners and prisons, Turkish D501 Text World War I Browsing: History - European Browsing: History - General Browsing: History - Warfare Category: Biographies Category: History - British Category: History - Modern (1750+) Category: History - Warfare 381313 2025-06-14T04:54:40.706819 text/html 372652 2010-10-14T14:55:35 text/html; charset=iso-8859-1 1681827 2010-10-14T15:03:36 text/html; charset=iso-8859-1 application/zip 1813206 2025-06-14T04:54:50.547715 application/epub+zip 1816862 2025-06-14T04:54:44.341808 application/epub+zip 196257 2025-06-14T04:54:42.779807 application/epub+zip 1982117 2025-06-14T04:54:55.554775 application/x-mobipocket-ebook 1950896 2025-06-14T04:54:49.452754 application/x-mobipocket-ebook 321901 2022-09-15T13:25:08.418645 application/x-mobipocket-ebook 322950 2025-06-14T04:54:39.689800 text/plain; charset=us-ascii 322556 2010-10-14T14:51:15 text/plain; charset=iso-8859-1 120297 2010-10-14T14:51:15 text/plain; charset=iso-8859-1 application/zip 322564 2010-10-14T14:51:15 text/plain; charset=us-ascii 120269 2010-10-14T14:51:15 text/plain; charset=us-ascii application/zip 20800 2025-06-14T04:54:55.721703 application/rdf+xml 12022 2025-06-14T04:54:43.385757 image/jpeg 3309 2025-06-14T04:54:43.082787 image/jpeg 1759063 2025-06-14T04:54:40.795800 application/octet-stream application/zip Archives containing the RDF files for *all* our books can be downloaded at https://book.klll.cc/wiki/Gutenberg:Feeds#The_Complete_Project_Gutenberg_Catalog