Project Gutenberg 2011-09-07 Public domain in the USA. 241 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.) Reading ease score: 70.4 (7th grade). Fairly easy to read. en World War, 1914-1918 -- Prisoners and prisons, Turkish D501 Text Category: Biographies Category: History - British Category: History - European Category: History - Modern (1750+) Category: History - Warfare 400533 2025-08-15T08:14:07.715083 text/html 399429 2021-01-08T02:43:10 text/html 371631 2025-08-15T08:14:16.608052 application/epub+zip 373481 2025-08-15T08:14:10.882085 application/epub+zip 235588 2025-08-15T08:14:09.437046 application/epub+zip 556534 2025-08-15T08:14:21.032046 application/x-mobipocket-ebook 513734 2025-08-15T08:14:15.554038 application/x-mobipocket-ebook 359715 2022-09-17T07:04:43.618030 application/x-mobipocket-ebook 360299 2025-08-15T08:14:06.945056 text/plain; charset=us-ascii 360005 2021-01-08T02:43:10 text/plain; charset=us-ascii 359998 2021-01-08T02:43:10 text/plain; charset=us-ascii 21441 2025-08-15T08:14:21.172986 application/rdf+xml 11147 2025-08-15T08:14:09.954079 image/jpeg 2992 2025-08-15T08:14:09.697052 image/jpeg 143622 2021-01-08T02:43:10 application/octet-stream application/zip 273576 2021-01-08T02:43:10 application/octet-stream application/zip 143519 2021-01-08T02:43:10 application/octet-stream application/zip 344270 2025-08-15T08:14:07.756086 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 en.wikipedia