Note: Project Gutenberg also has an HTML version of this file which includes the original illustrations. See 50425-h.htm or 50425-h.zip: (http://www.gutenberg.org/files/50425/50425-h/50425-h.htm) or (http://www.gutenberg.org/files/50425/50425-h.zip) Images of the original pages are available through Internet Archive/Canadian Libraries. See https://archive.org/details/fourfiftymilesto00john Transcriber's note: Text enclosed by underscores is in italics (_italics_). A carat character is used to denote superscription. A single character following the carat is superscripted (example: M^c). FOUR-FIFTY MILES TO FREEDOM [Illustration: _From a photo taken at Famagusta, Cyprus, by Lieut. E. F. McAlpine, H.L.I._ (_attached Royal Scots_). THE SUCCESSFUL ESCAPE PARTY, WITH SOME CAPTURED TROPHIES. Left to right--standing: Captains J. H. HARRIS, F. R. ELLIS, A. B. HAIG, Commander A. D. COCHRANE, D.S.O., R.N., Captains V. S. CLARKE and M. A. B. JOHNSTON. Seated: Captains R. A. P. GRANT, M.C., and K. D. YEARSLEY.] FOUR-FIFTY MILES TO FREEDOM by CAPTAIN M. A. B. JOHNSTON, R.G.A. and CAPTAIN K. D. YEARSLEY, R.E. William Blackwood and Sons Edinburgh and London 1919 All Rights Reserved _TO THE_ _REVEREND =HAROLD SPOONER, C.F.=,_ _FELLOW-PRISONER OF WAR IN TURKEY._ CONTENTS. CHAP. PAGE I. KASTAMONI AND CHANGRI 3 II. FIRST PLANS FOR ESCAPE 15 III. AN ATTEMPT THAT FAILED 39 IV. YOZGAD CAMP 55 V. THE FLAG FALLS 83 VI. THE PEACEFUL SHEPHERDS 108 VII. RECAPTURED? 124 VIII. THE ANCIENT HALYS 140 IX. A RETREAT UNDER FIRE 159 X. THE THREE HUNS 176 XI. IN THE HEART OF THE TAURUS 195 XII. DOWN TO THE SEA 211 XIII. ON THE COAST 233 XIV. FAILURE AND SUCCESS 253 XV. FREEDOM 278 XVI. CONCLUSION 293 ILLUSTRATIONS. THE SUCCESSFUL ESCAPE PARTY, WITH SOME CAPTURED TROPHIES _Frontispiece_ AN OLD BRIDGE AT KASTAMONI _Facing p._ 4 COUNTRY KNOWN TO THE LOCAL HUNT CLUB AS "HADES" " 60 YOZGAD CAMP FROM N.W. " 94 UPPER HOUSE, YOZGAD, FROM N.N.E. (WINTER TIME) " 98 THE FLIGHT FROM MOSES' WELL " 162 LIFE IN THE RAVINE " 234 THE MOTOR BOAT " 274 MAP _at end_ Four-Fifty Miles to Freedom. PRISONER OF WAR.