Project Gutenberg 2012-10-28 Public domain in the USA. 536 Mousley, Edward O. (Edward Opotiki) 1886 Mousley, E. O. (Edward Opotiki) The Secrets of a Kuttite An Authentic Story of Kut, Adventures in Captivity and Stamboul Intrigue Produced by Moti Ben-Ari and the Online Distributed Proofreading Team at http://www.pgdp.net (This file was produced from images generously made available by The Internet Archive) "The Secrets of a Kuttite" by Edward O. Mousley is a memoir written in the early 20th century, specifically during the period following World War I. The book recounts the author's harrowing experiences as a British artillery officer during the Siege of Kut in Mesopotamia, highlighting themes of endurance, survival, and camaraderie amidst the chaos of war. It paints an authentic picture of life under siege, with insights into both the physical hardships and the psychological toll of battle. At the start of the memoir, the author introduces himself as Edward Mousley, a subaltern in the Royal Field Artillery, now entrenched in Kut-el-Amara as the Turkish forces lay siege to his outpost in 1915. The narrative focuses on his journey from India to Mesopotamia, where he and his fellow soldiers face the relentless challenges of military life in a hostile environment, marked by thirst, fatigue, and enemy fire. As he settles into his dug-out, Mousley poignantly describes the brutal conditions of war, the uneasy moments under fire, and the strong bonds formed among comrades during these dire circumstances, setting the stage for the detailed accounts of the siege to come. (This is an automatically generated summary.) Reading ease score: 79.6 (7th grade). Fairly easy to read. en World War, 1914-1918 -- Prisoners and prisons, Turkish Al Kut (Iraq) -- History -- Siege, 1915-1916 D501 Text Category: Biographies Category: History - British Category: History - Modern (1750+) Category: History - Warfare 964008 2025-08-16T15:36:29.453549 text/html 948636 2024-10-23T11:52:55 text/html 4802257 2025-08-16T15:36:47.613498 application/epub+zip 4801676 2025-08-16T15:36:34.890482 application/epub+zip 462076 2025-08-16T15:36:31.979509 application/epub+zip 6259765 2025-08-16T15:36:56.428387 application/x-mobipocket-ebook 6175294 2025-08-16T15:36:44.347493 application/x-mobipocket-ebook 705360 2022-09-18T19:27:43.992990 application/x-mobipocket-ebook 897021 2025-08-16T15:36:27.948552 text/plain; charset=us-ascii 877092 2024-10-23T11:52:55 text/plain; charset=us-ascii 16745 2025-08-16T15:36:56.593383 application/rdf+xml 12918 2025-08-16T15:36:32.742561 image/jpeg 3592 2025-08-16T15:36:32.252530 image/jpeg 4664933 2025-08-16T15:36:29.745555 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