Category: Adventure

My Secret Service: Vienna, Sophia, Constantinople, Nish, Belgrade, Asia Minor, etc.

“Were You Afraid?”--About Myself--War Finds Me in England--The German War-Machine--My Travels--The German Spy System--My Three Journeys--I Become a Workman at Krupp’s--I Travel in Chocolate--My Most Important Trip--The Risks--Proofs--My Reception in England.

Chapters

1. CHAPTER I

“Were You Afraid?”--About Myself--War Finds Me in England--The German War-Machine--My Travels--The German Spy System--My Three Journeys--I Become a Workman at Krupp’s--I Travel...

2. CHAPTER II

I Set Out for the Enemy Country--The German Official Mind--Turned Back at the Frontier--Arrived at Vienna--The Kindly Hofrat--Hatred of the English--A Subdued City--Hardships--T...

3. CHAPTER III

I Leave Vienna--Gay Bucharest--The Bandmaster’s Indiscretion--“_À bas les allemands!_”--Roumania Eager for War--German Devices--An English Cigarette--A Terrible Journey--The Spo...

4. CHAPTER IV

I Leave Sofia--A Valuable Document--The Change in Adrianople--The Bulgars in Possession--The Turk Determined to Fight--I Adopt the Fez--War Pressure--The Fate of Enemy Subjects-...

5. CHAPTER V

Germanising the Turkish War Office--Halil Bey--Wireless Disguised as a Circus--Enver Pasha Receives Me--The Turkish Napoleon--Something of a Dandy--“If the English Had Only Had...

6. CHAPTER VI

A Remarkable Railway Station--I Leave for Konia--The Anatolian Railway--How to Get to Baghdad--Elaborate Instructions--Necessity for Caution--English and French Prisoners--Instr...

7. CHAPTER VII

A City of Maimed and Wounded--I See the Sultan--Enver’s Popularity--Talaat Bey the Real Administrator--Gallipoli Day--Constantinople “Mafficks”--The Return of the Ten Thousand--...

8. CHAPTER VIII

My Kiel Acquaintance--Submarines by Rail--German Submarines at Constantinople--My Voyage of Discovery--The Exploit of U51--Captain von Hersing--German Hero-Worship--A Daring Fea...

9. CHAPTER IX

Getting Out of Constantinople--I Become Suspicious--I Appeal to Halil Bey--A Gloomy Apartment--I Visit the Prefecture of Police--I Join a Military Train--Marvellous Engineering-...

10. CHAPTER X

The Banqueting Hall--A Small Gathering--The Menu--The Kaiser and King Ferdinand--Von Falkenhayn--An Impressive Figure--The Kaiser’s Health--His Poor Appetite--Constant Coughing-...

11. CHAPTER XI

Existence of the Balkan-Zug Denied--A Great Strategical Factor--The Publicity Train--German Economy--I Join the Balkan-Zug at Nish--King Ferdinand a Fellow-Passenger--His Condes...

12. CHAPTER XII

I Leave Vienna--I am Ordered Back--I Risk Proceeding on My Journey--A Friendly Hungarian Officer--Over the Swiss Frontier--My Frankness My Undoing--The French Super-Official--I...

13. CHAPTER XIII

14. CHAPTER I

“Were You Afraid?”--About Myself--War Finds Me in England--The German War-Machine--My Travels--The German Spy System--My Three Journeys--I Become a Workman at Krupp’s--I Travel...

15. CHAPTER II

I Set Out for the Enemy Country--The German Official Mind--Turned Back at the Frontier--Arrival at Vienna--The Kindly Hofrat--Hatred of the English--A Subdued City--Hardships--T...

16. CHAPTER III

I Leave Vienna--Gay Bucharest--The Bandmaster’s Indiscretion--“_À bas les allemands!_”--Roumania Eager for War--German Devices--An English Cigarette--A Terrible Journey--The Spo...

17. CHAPTER IV

I Leave Sofia--A Valuable Document--The Change in Adrianople--The Bulgars in Possession--The Turk Determined to Fight--I Adopt the Fez--War Pressure--The Fate of Enemy Subjects-...

18. CHAPTER V

Germanising the Turkish War Office--Halil Bey--Wireless Disguised as a Circus--Enver Pasha Receives Me--The Turkish Napoleon--Something of a Dandy--“If the English Had Only Had...

19. CHAPTER VI

A Remarkable Railway Station--I Leave for Konia--The Anatolian Railway--How to Get to Baghdad--Elaborate Instructions--Necessity for Caution--English and French Prisoners--Instr...

20. CHAPTER VII

A City of Maimed and Wounded--I See the Sultan--Enver’s Popularity--Talaat Bey the Real Administrator--Gallipoli Day--Constantinople “Mafficks”--The Return of the Ten Thousand--...

21. CHAPTER VIII

My Kiel Acquaintance--Submarines by Rail--German Submarines at Constantinople--My Voyage of Discovery--The Exploit of U51--Captain von Hersing--German Hero-worship--A Daring Fea...

22. CHAPTER IX

Getting Out of Constantinople--I Become Suspicious--I Appeal to Halil Bey--A Gloomy Apartment--I Visit the Prefecture of Police--I Join a Military Train--Marvellous Engineering-...

23. CHAPTER X

The Banqueting Hall--A Small Gathering--The Menu--The Kaiser and King Ferdinand--Von Falkenhayn--An Impressive Figure--The Kaiser’s Health--His Poor Appetite--Constant Coughing-...

24. CHAPTER XI

Existence of the Balkan-Zug Denied--A Great Strategical Factor--The Publicity Train--German Economy--I Join the Balkan-Zug at Nish--King Ferdinand a Fellow-Passenger--His Condes...

25. CHAPTER XII

I Leave Vienna--I am Ordered Back--I Risk Proceeding on My Journey--A Friendly Hungarian Officer--Over the Swiss Frontier--My Frankness My Undoing--The French Super-Official--I...

26. CHAPTER XIII

Now that I am back in London quietly meditating on my recent experiences, I cannot help feeling ill at ease. I see in my mind’s eye once more, just as if I were sitting at a kin...