My Secret Service: Vienna, Sophia, Constantinople, Nish, Belgrade, Asia Minor, etc.Man who dined with the Kaiser
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My Secret Service: Vienna, Sophia, Constantinople, Nish, Belgrade, Asia Minor, etc.
Man who dined with the Kaiser
World War, 1914-1918 -- Personal narratives; World War, 1914-1918 -- Secret service
4. By carriage or car, Bozanti to Tarsus, 44 miles in ten or
twelve hours on good road. Vehicles should be ordered beforehand
from Handji of Bozanti or at Tarsus if you wish to avoid delay
at Bozanti. Fare £T2 to £T5 (£T1 nominally 17s. 6d. to 18s.),
according to circumstances. Between Bozanti and Tarsus several
inns to sleep at in emergency; Sary Cheih, Mezarolukl, Yeni-Han.
Better take a camp bed and enough food and drink.
5. Tarsus, about three-quarters of an hour before arrival, cross
the Tarsus-Aleppo line at the Halt Kulek-Boghaz. Three hotels at
Tarsus: Serai, Osmanli, and Stambul, 10 piastres (1s. 8d.) a bed.
Also a restaurant Beledieh.
6. Leave Tarsus, arrive Mamureh. This only a military post. No
hotel or inn. Travellers without a tent may pass the night in the
cafés, where they can get food, but no beds. Better if you have no
tent or bed to stop at Osmanieh. Hotels Ismyr, Ahmed, 5 piastres
(10d.) a bed. The hotel proprietors can get vehicles for the
journey to Radju. Fares, £T2 to £T5, according to circumstances.
7. Journey by car or carriage, Osmanieh to Radju, about 70 miles
in two days on a drivable road, which is good in the good season.
1st day: Hassan Bey and Pass of Amanus to Entilli, about 32
miles. At Entilli no hotels, only simple cafés. You can pass the
first night at Islahieh, about 7½ miles from Entilli. Entilli
district headquarters, military post, several inns with beds; 10
piastres a bed.
2nd day: Entilli (or Islahieh) to Radju, 38 (or 31½) miles.
Radju, no hotels or inns, only cafés.
8. Radju to Aleppo same day. Various hotels.
9. Aleppo to Ras-el-Ain same day. District headquarters. Several
inns without beds, only cafés.
10. Ras-el-Ain to Baghdad. Journey can be done in 10 to 12 days.
Special advice: Camp bed or mattress indispensable. Advisable
to take a tent. Trunks ought to be strongly made and weigh not
over 120 lbs. each. Instead of trunks you may take bags or suit
cases. The usual way is by the vehicle Yaili, always preferable to
horseback. Get warm clothes for night and enough food and drink.
Don’t forget a little medicine chest. It is often risky to drink
the water found on the way.
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