BREMOND Edouard (Général) Lot n° 34

Marins à chameau, les Allemands en Arabie en 1915-1916, Charles-Lavauzelle & Cie, Editeurs militaires, Paris, Boulevard Saint-Germain, 124, Limoges, 62, Avenue Baudin, 53, Rue Stanislas, Nancy, 1935 In-8 paperback, 120p, 2 maps and 4 photographs (not 3 as indicated on the cover). An account of the journey of the survivors of the German warship Emden, sunk in the Indian Ocean in 1914, whose shipwrecked crew managed to reach the coast of the Arabian Peninsula aboard a sailing ship, crossing the Bab Al Mandab strait on the Red Sea in 1915, in order to meet up with their Ottoman allies and take the Hedjaz railway to Constantinople. The book focuses on their dangerous journey through the Asir and Hedjaz region on camels, between Bedouin attacks and overland and sea journeys. The author describes the reaction of the soldiers, whose first encounter with camels, the behavior of the camels and the difficulties of traveling in the desert. Edouard Brémond (1868-1948), French general, head of the French military mission to the Hedjaz (1916-1917) to support the Sherif of Mecca in his revolt against the Ottoman occupiers. Author of numerous military works and memoirs on Morocco and Arabia. An account of the journey of the survivors of the German warship the Emden, sunk in the Indian Ocean in 1914, whose shipwrecked crew managed to reach the coast of the Arabian Peninsula on board a sailing boat, crossing the Bab Al Mandab strait on the Red Sea in 1915, in order to meet up with their Ottoman allies and take the Hedjaz railway line to Constantinople. The book focuses on their journey, which was not without danger, through the Asir and Hedjaz region on camels, between Bedouin attacks and the journey by sea and land. The author describes the reaction of the soldiers, who were meeting camels for the first time, the behaviour of the camels and the difficulties of travelling in the desert. Edouard Brémond (1868-1948), French general, head of the French military mission to the Hedjaz (1916-1917), responsible for supporting the Sherif of Mecca in his revolt against the Ottoman occupiers. Author of numerous military works and memoirs on Morocco and Arabia.