A War Photographer in Thrace: an account of personal experiences during the Turco-Balkan War, 1912 PDF
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WAR PHOTOGRAPHER IN THRACE HERBERT R BALDWIN THE -RETREAT AFTER I.DLE BURGAS : A PHOTOGRAPH AT CHORLU. A WAR PHOTOGRAPHER IN THRACE AN ACCOUNT OF PERSONAL EXPERIENCES DURING THE TURCO-BALKAN WAR, 1912 HERBERT F. BALDWIN WITH 36 ILLUSTRATIONS FROM PHOTOGRAPHS BY THE AUTHOR T. FISHER UN WIN LONDON: ADELPHI TERRACE LEIPSIC: INSELSTRASSE 20 A WAR PHOTOGRAPHER IN THRACE TO "J. G." AND TO MY COLLEAGUES OF THE CENTRAL NEWS THIS VOLUME IS GRATEFULLY DEDICATED. PREFATORY NOTE THE war which broke out in October, 1912, between Turkey and the Allied Balkan States is so important, regarded either from the point of view of its bear ing on the wider international politics of Europe or from that of the lessons which it holds for students of the technique of war, that it has necessarily attracted the attention of many writers specially quali fied to discuss it in one or both of those aspects. My apology for adding another to the list of war books must be that I have made no attempt to write as a tactician or as a historian. I went out to Turkey as a correspondent belonging 7 PREFATORY NOTE to the *' new arm" of journalism: as a Press photographer charged with the mis sion of picturing, mainly with the camera, but to some extent with the pen as well, some of the leading features of the cam paign ; and I have written here in that same capacity, because I have thought there may be many readers of the illus trated Press and others interested to learn something of the conditions under which a correspondent who aims at securing a pictorial record of modern warfare has to work. It is a matter of common know ledge that, so far as the correspondents nominally attached to the Ottoman army were concerned, those conditions were exceptionally and needlessly severe; that in the first Press camp at Chorlu, and later in Constantinople itself, the repre sentatives of responsible newspapers and news agencies were hedged about with so many restrictions and prohibitions that 8 PREFATORY NOTE they were virtually prisoners. But this very fact serves, perhaps, to lend to a personal narrative a certain amount of interest which it might not otherwise possess. In the hope that they may prove in formative and helpful to others who may at some time be working in a similar field, I have added some remarks on equipment, etc., based on my own expe rience, and I have ventured at the same time to give expression to certain views concerning the war photographer's radius of action and the prospects that lie before him. I have to express my indebtedness to the management of the Central News, Ltd., who hold the copyright in my photographs, for permission to use a number of them in illustration of this book, and to Mr. Hugh Redwood, of that agency, without whose assistance in 9 PREFATORY NOTE the preparation of the MS. for the press and in the revision of the proofs its publication would scarcely have been possible. H. F. B. LONDON, December, 1912. 10 CONTENTS CHAPTER I PAGE Across Europe—A Press photographer's outfit— The eve of war—Buying horses—A deal with the police—Rifle versus camera—The Red Hand of Ulster—War at last—Off to the front 21 CHAPTER II Held up at Seidler—Refugees—An indiscreet photographer — Mutinous soldiery — " Kirk- kilisse has fallen ! " — Back to Chorlu — English forbidden — Stolen baggage — De veloping under difficulties—" I cannot per mit "—A word with the Censor—Prisoners of war . . . . . . .. 33 CHAPTER III Indignation meetings—Insult added to injury— The " Girls' School " party—Baffled curiosity —Fresh quarters—Another move—The cam paign reviewed — Forces engaged — Kirk- kilisse—Before Lule Burgas—An interrupted dinner-party—An end of idleness . . 47 II
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