The Secrets of a Kuttite / An Authentic Story of Kut, Adventures in Captivity and Stamboul Intrigue

BY THE SAME AUTHOR AN EMPIRE VIEW OF THE EMPIRE TANGLE With an Introduction by the RT. HON. W. F. MASSEY THE PLACE OF INTERNATIONAL LAW IN JURISPRUDENCE


LONDON: JOHN LANE THE BODLEY HEAD LIMITED NEW YORK: JOHN LANE COMPANY MCMXXII

SECOND EDITION PRINTED IN GREAT BRITAIN BY WILLIAM CLOWES AND SONS, LIMITED, LONDON AND BECCLES.

No pause, no rest! Forward the column pushes Across the stern and unproductive plain— And Thirst, Satan's archfiend, darts at the brain And the weight of the great heat their spirit crushes To deeper silence and the tired feet bleed— While the ruthless Turk with yells and sometimes blows Urges them on beside his impatient steed To a Future where and how no soldier knows Beyond the dust-cloud on the horizon's rim, Beyond the range of Hope—to memories grim. But neither desert thirst nor fiercest sun Nor dust-storms, nor the unknown miles ahead Can touch their heart or clog its valves with dread— These English lads that fought at Ctesiphon.
Sparkling Moselle. From Smoke , the Kastamuni Punch .