Project Gutenberg 2015-11-10 Public domain in the USA. 161 Johnston, Maurice Andrew Brackenreed 1892 Yearsley, Kenneth Darlaston 1891 20000759 Four-Fifty Miles to Freedom 450 miles to freedom: the adventures of eight British officers in their escape from the Turks E-text prepared by MWS, Moti Ben-Ari, and the Online Distributed Proofreading Team (http://www.pgdp.net) from page images generously made available by Internet Archive/Canadian Libraries (https://archive.org/details/toronto) "Four-Fifty Miles to Freedom" by Captain M. A. B. Johnston and Captain K. D. Yearsley is a memoir detailing the experiences of British officers during World War I, written in the early 20th century. The narrative unfolds against the backdrop of the Ottoman Empire, focusing on the struggle for survival and the quest for freedom after being taken prisoners of war. The book likely explores themes of camaraderie, resilience, and the harsh realities of captivity, with the main protagonists consisting of a group of officers united by their longing for freedom. The opening of the memoir introduces the prisoners' dire situation as they find themselves relocated to a new camp in Changri, after the recent escape of several fellow officers. The authors detail their daily lives under Turkish captivity, highlighting the discomforts and hardships faced, while also portraying their plans for escape. Through engaging anecdotes and descriptions of their interactions with Turkish guards, the narrative sets the stage for the trials that lie ahead, suggesting an underlying determination in the officers to devise a successful escape plan despite the odds stacked against them. (This is an automatically generated summary.) Reading ease score: 74.4 (7th grade). Fairly easy to read. en World War, 1914-1918 -- Prisoners and prisons, Turkish Prisoner-of-war escapes D501 Text Category: Biographies Category: History - European Category: History - Modern (1750+) Category: History - Warfare 470056 2025-07-20T07:59:03.809078 text/html 450631 2024-10-22T23:25:53 text/html 1663947 2025-07-20T07:59:09.567071 application/epub+zip 1668487 2025-07-20T07:59:04.794148 application/epub+zip 251313 2025-07-20T07:59:04.268104 application/epub+zip 1802453 2025-07-20T07:59:13.401034 application/x-mobipocket-ebook 1760326 2025-07-20T07:59:08.980128 application/x-mobipocket-ebook 345027 2022-09-22T18:32:06.329344 application/x-mobipocket-ebook 424358 2025-07-20T07:59:03.174116 text/plain; charset=us-ascii 404337 2024-10-22T23:25:53 text/plain; charset=us-ascii 17374 2025-07-20T07:59:13.538036 application/rdf+xml 20743 2025-07-20T07:59:04.348085 image/jpeg 2950 2025-07-20T07:59:04.309075 image/jpeg 1594203 2025-07-20T07:59:03.876105 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