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This appreciation was written by Major von Papen of Yilderim headquarters on August 28, 1917: Enver's objections, the improbability of attaining a decisive result on the Sinai Front with two divisions plus the 'Asia Corps' and the difficulty of the Aleppo-Rayak transport question, hold good.
Not a flicker of a smile crossed her face, but I had a feeling that the news pleased her. 'Did he thwart you? she asked. 'Why, yes. He thwarted me some. His head is a bit swelled, and an hour or two on the shelf will do him good. 'He is a powerful man, she said, 'a jackal of Enver's. You have made a dangerous enemy.
The man burst into violent speech. Ken listened, and there was a smile on his face as he turned to the commander. 'He's only swearing at us, sir, and asking what right we have to sink his ship. 'Tell him he'd better inquire of Enver Bey, was the grim reply, and Ken faithfully repeated the remark, only to hear a volley of curses called down on Enver's head as well as on his own.
He tore up the papers and enlarged on politics. 'I reckon I've got the measure of the Young Turks and their precious Committee. Those boys aren't any good. Enver's bright enough, and for sure he's got sand. He'll stick out a fight like a Vermont game-chicken, but he lacks the larger vision, Sir.
It was not found practicable until the 25th, and according to Enver Pasha the delay enabled the Turks thoroughly to fortify the Peninsula and to equip it with over 200 Austrian Skoda guns. Enver's further statement that the navy could have got through unaided, although it agreed with Mr. Churchill's opinion, is more doubtful.
But at the door stood men in uniform, I heard a German a long way off murmur, 'Enver's bodyguards, and I heard him distinctly; for, though I could not see clearly, my hearing was desperately acute. That is often the way when you suddenly come out of a swoon. The place emptied like magic. Turk and German tumbled over each other, while Kuprasso wailed and wept.
They knew what the ordinary man was thinking, for they were the best intelligence department in the Ottoman Empire far better than Enver's Khafiyeh. And they were popular, too, for they had never bowed the knee to the Nemseh the Germans who are squeezing out the life-blood of the Osmanli for their own ends.
The overmastering energy of Heldon Foyle was at once the envy and despair of his subordinates. There was a story that once he went without sleep for a week while unravelling the mystery of the robbery of the Countess of Enver's pearls.
You've picked an awkward fellow to make an enemy of. I did not smile but laughed. 'Rasta! I cried. 'He's one of Enver's satellites. That explains many things. I should like a word with you alone, Sir. He nodded to the staff-officer, and when he had gone I put on my most Bible face and looked as important as a provincial mayor at a royal visit.
'Well, wherever it is, we're going with you. You haven't heard the end of our yarn. Blenkiron and I have been moving in the best circles as skilled American engineers who are going to play Old Harry with the British on the Tigris. I'm a pal of Enver's now, and he has offered me his protection.
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