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...of the 10 thopusand Indian soldiers and camp followers who went into captivity at Kut, as few as one third would live to see the war's end.
....Taken to Constantinople, he [Gen. Charles Townshend British Commander of forces surrendered at Kut] spent the remainder of the war in a pleasant villa on an island on the Bosporus, where he was given the use of a Turkish naval yachtand frequently attended diplomatic receptions at the Ottoman court. Joining him in Constantinople were his 3 prized Yorks
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― Lawrence in Arabia: War, Deceit, Imperial Folly, and the Making of the Modern Middle East
― Lawrence in Arabia: War, Deceit, Imperial Folly, and the Making of the Modern Middle East
